Firefighters rescued a parrot from a house fire on Pinkwell Lane in Hayes yesterday afternoon. The fire damaged part of the ground floor and is believed to have been caused by cooking being left unattended.
A Haringey landlord has been fined a total of £12,520 for flouting fire safety laws in a Muswell Hill house he was renting out.
London Fire Brigade has joined forces with housing providers in nine London boroughs as part of its on-going drive to improve its emergency response to fires in the capital’s high rise buildings.
Cannabis factory fires have more than doubled in the last two years according to new figures released today by London Fire Brigade.
With icy weather forecast for the next two weeks, senior officers at the London Fire Brigade have today expressed safety concerns about people taking risks to stay warm, following an online video that shows a man heating his study using tea light candles and flower pots.
London Fire Brigade is staging a training exercise in a Barking tower block to further improve its emergency response to fires in residential high rise buildings.
The London Fire Brigade is urging the UK’s stay-at-home parents to take care today, during the national Fire Brigades Union strike.
The Fire Brigades Union’s (FBU) fourth period of strike action started at 1000 and finished at 1400 today.
The London Fire Brigade has said that this year’s Bonfire Night was the quietest on record, with just 119 fires in the capital during the whole of 5th November.
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) have announced a further strike on Wednesday, 13 November between 10am and 2pm.