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999 Control officers give fire survival guidance at Bethnal Green house blaze

Smoke alarms saved the lives of at least eighteen people after a fire at a block of flats in Westmoreland Drive in Sutton.

Firefighters rescued 12 cats and 6 dogs after fire at the RSPCA Putney Animal Hospital, Clarendon Drive in Putney on Monday.

Ahead of the national Fire Brigades Union (FBU) strike, London Fire Brigade is reassuring Londoners that it will be responding to 999 calls throughout the four hour walk-out on Wednesday, 25 September but says it wants people to take extra care to prevent fires happening in the first place.

Today the Brigade’s first ever woman Commissioner Dany Cotton leaves London Fire Brigade after 32 years. Her long career has seen her break new ground for women in the fire service and open up the discussion around mental health issues in the emergency services.

One of London’s furry fire detectives has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award and he needs your votes to scoop the prize.

London Fire Brigade has revealed some of the stranger calls taken by their Control Officers as they urge people to only to call 999 in a genuine emergency

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.