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A cat rescued from a house fire has become the first pet in London to benefit from a donation of specially adapted oxygen masks.

London Fire Brigade has issued further safety advice today after the Met Office issued a heat health warning for extreme heat next week.

London’s Fire Commissioner has called for an urgent barbecue ban as firefighters continue to feel the effects of unprecedented heatwave temperatures for a second day.

London Fire Brigade has declared a major incident as firefighters battle several significant fires across the capital during record-breaking heatwave

A man who escaped a blaze at his flat has backed fire investigators in issuing an urgent warning following a spike in “ferocious” fires caused by electric bike and scooter batteries.

A building owner has to pay more than £30,000 after pleading guilty to a series of serious fire safety failings which inspectors found could have had “potentially catastrophic results”.

A care home business run by private health and care provider BUPA has been ordered to pay a record £1.04m after a resident died in a fire while smoking at one of its care homes.

A hotel owner has been ordered to pay £50,000 after he continued to take guests despite being issued with a prohibition notice for serious fire safety failings.

Children enjoyed a sensory trail with special lighting and bubble machines, an animal-themed treasure hunt, projected lights and images, and accessed a fire engine via a bespoke ramp.

Firefighters were commended for the "excellence of the firefighting" after not a single life was lost when 50 people were rescued from a blaze at a 200-bedroom hotel near to Hyde Park.