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British Rescue Workers Find 1 Miner Dead
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Posted 16 September, 2011
LONDON - British rescue workers found one miner dead after searching a flooded coal mine in south Wales, but pressed on Friday with the search for three others trapped underground. Rescue workers scouring the Gleision Co... Full Story |
Fire Guts Warehouses In Northern England
Beer kegs exploded and flames shot into the night sky as a fire gutted five warehouses Wednesday at an industrial park in Northern England, fire offic...
Firefighters Make Some Bizarre Rescues
London firefighters said they have responded to emergency calls for a man stuck in a child's toy car and a woman with her hand stuck in a vending mach...
Union Says Fire Service Is Facing Savage Cuts
Savage cuts will be made to the fire service with as many as one in ten fire-fighters losing their jobs, a union has warned. The Fire Brigades Union (...
1,500 Flee Fire In London Hilton Hotel
The Hilton hotel in London was evacuated last night after a fire in a kitchen. Around 1,500 people were forced to leave the Hilton in Park Lane after...
Blaze Hits Central London; No Injuries Reported
Roughly 100 firefighters are battling a rooftop blaze in central London. The fire at a ten-story building being refurbished on The Strand sent smoke b...
Firefighters Late To Fatal Blaze
A member of Parliament wants an investigation into why fire crews in eastern England went to a wrong address, causing a delay in reaching a deadly fir...
Fire Outside London Snarls Traffic
A section of the main route north from London, the M1, was closed Friday because of a fire that spread to a junkyard containing gas cylinders, officia...
Shake-up After Pit Tragedy
Fire crews have had specialist training following the death of a mum who fell down a mineshaft. Strathclyde Fire Rescue officers stood by while lawyer...
U.K. Fire Brings Manslaughter Charges
Three British fire service managers are facing criminal charges in the deaths of four firefighters in a warehouse fire, officials said. The three have...
Inmates Riot At Low Security Prison In England
Rioting inmates caused heavy damage to a low-security prison Saturday, smashing windows and setting fires that engulfed buildings and spewed clouds of...
