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  • The King's Cross fire, 1987 – fires that changed history

    On 18 November 1987, the worst fire in the history of the London Underground claimed the lives of 31 people, including a senior ranked firefighter, and seriously injured many more at King's Cross station.

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  • Smoke alarm save in Wembley chip pan fire

    Firefighters have warned people to never leave their cooking unattended after a chip pan fire left a block of converted flats on Wembley Park Drive, Wembley uninhabitable yesterday evening.

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  • Counterfeit phone charger causes Cricklewood house fire

    Firefighters are warning Londoners not to use fake electrical chargers after a counterfeit phone charger caused a devastating fire at a house in Cumbrian Gardens in Cricklewood on Monday (June 12).

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  • Five people rescued in Golders Green shop fire

    Five people were rescued by firefighters wearing breathing apparatus from a fire in a shop with flats above it on Princess Parade, off Golders Green Road, Golders Green.

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  • Heater warning after house fire in Hither Green

    Three people had a lucky escape after a heater, which was being kept in a storage room, was accidently switched on causing a fire on George Lane in Hither Green yesterday afternoon.

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  • Candle warning after Islington flat fire

    Firefighters are reminding people to take care with candles this Christmas after one left burning in a wardrobe sparked a flat fire on Cottage Road in Islington N7 yesterday afternoon (Friday 22 December).

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  • Property management company fined for fire safety failings

    A property managing agent has been ordered to pay more than £80,000 for safety failings which “exposed a potentially large number of people to risk of death or serious injury from fire”.

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  • Interim Fire Commissioner Dany Cotton takes charge

    London's new interim Fire Commissioner Dany Cotton took up her post from 1 January, becoming the first woman appointed to the role in our 151 year history.

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  • Woman escapes faulty tumble dryer fire

    A woman who escaped a devastating fire in her flat caused by a faulty tumble dryer says she’s shocked Londoners aren’t always alerted when they have dangerous faulty white goods in their homes.

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  • London Fire Brigade publishes savings proposals

    The Commissioner of the London Fire Brigade has today published proposals for the Draft Fifth London Safety Plan which outlines how the Brigade will continue to keep Londoners safe over the next three years

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