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www.london-fire.gov.uk. The London Fire Brigade (LFB) is the fire and rescue service for London, the capital of the United Kingdom. It was formed by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade Act 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 90), under the leadership of superintendent Eyre Massey Shaw. It has 5,992 staff, including 5,096 operational firefighters and officers ...
On 14 June 2017, a high-rise fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in North Kensington, West London, England, at 00:54 BST and burned for 60 hours. Seventy people died at the scene and two people died later in hospital, with more than 70 injured and 223 escaping. It was the deadliest structural fire in the United Kingdom ...
London Fire Brigade (LFB) has declared a major incident due to “a huge surge” in blazes across the capital amid the 40C heat. It comes after around 100 firefighters tackled a blaze in the ...
0. Evacuated. 90 families. Map. Location of the fire in Greater London. The Wennington wildfire was a wildfire that took place in Wennington, east London, on 19 July 2022 during the 2022 United Kingdom heatwave. No-one was killed, but the wildfire destroyed about 18–19 houses, including all the possessions of many residents. [ 3]
Dozens evacuated as fire engulfs London high-rise. August 26, 2024 at 12:03 AM. More than 100 people have been evacuated from a block of flats in east London which has been engulfed in flames ...
The fire at London's Somerset House has been brought under control with the help of around 125 firefighters, who were deployed Saturday to battle the blaze at the historic venue, known for housing ...
London Fire Brigade: 13 July 1969: The Dudgeon's Wharf Explosion; the London Fire Brigade had been called out to a tank farm on the Isle of Dogs in East London when one of the tanks being demolished caught fire. Whilst five firemen were atop the structure trying to pour water in from the top to cool the tank, a worker on the site used a cutting ...
LONDON (Reuters) - The London Fire Brigade said it was trackling a blaze at a residential tower block in the south east of the capital on Wednesday, with two apartments currently alight and 10 ...