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Emergency services news. Image: Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service.

Fire rips through Leighton Buzzard house and destroys ground floor

X-Sense has a range of smart smoke detectors - but this one couldn't be simpler. You don't even need to replace its battery

Review: This new smoke detector offers affordable peace of mind

A dual-purpose fire pit and barbecue for just £29.99 - what a bargain

This fire pit barbecue has been slashed to £29.99 in a huge 67% deal

A Central Bedfordshire Council green bin

Fire leaves recycling collections in Central Bedfordshire up in the air

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Fire and rescue service attends significantly more fires in Bedfordshire

An e-bike exploding

E-bike fires caught on camera

Ronald Knowles, who made ‘assasination kits’ at his Derbyshire home, is arrested.

Watch: Man who made ‘assassination kits’ in home factory is arrested

A smart smoke alarm has so many benefits over a conventional system

Review: The £55 smart home bargain that every house should have

Dramatic moment massive house fire rages as police race to evacuate street.

Watch: Massive house fire rages as police race to evacuate street

One in six believe flames kill off bacteria

The barbecuing myth that ‘dirt adds flavour’ is dangerous health risk

This was the moment arsonist, Martin Foley, spat in the face of a police officer as he was being rescued from a burning roof.

Arsonist spits in officer's face as he's rescued from burning roof
This was the moment an arsonist spat in the face of a police officer as he was being rescued from a burning roof.
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Couple forced to call police after they were locked in Madame Tussauds for four hours

'I had to wee in bin': Terrified woman 'trapped' in Madame Tussauds

CCTV shows flames tear through home after devastating explosion

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Efforts to remove flood water from the A421 after it flooded in September 2024

Fire and rescue services attend hundreds of flooding incidents in Bedfordshire

The Ninja Woodfire brings convenience to grilling

Ninja Woodfire BBQ: why this electric grill is my guilty pleasure

A dramatic video captures the moment a plane came in low and hit a chimney before crashing at an Isle of Wight holiday park.

Watch: Plane crashes into holiday park - metres away from family

Aerial views show the aftermath after three blazes broke out at March Haigh Reservoir in Marsden.

Moorland damage after raging wildfire revealed in drone video

The WW2 bomb found by Adam Makewell and his son Cameron Makewell in the River Ure in Yorkshire.

Moment teenager crashes underwater drone into live 500kg WWII bomb

Man tries to start fire at Asda petrol station.

Watch: Man tries to start fire at Asda petrol station

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Heathrow fire: your rights and refund options after cancellations

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Heathrow fire: how to claim a refund or compensation for flight delays

A fire in a transformer in Nestles Avenue, Hayes, west London, which means Heathrow will be closed all day on Friday, March 21

Heathrow fire: How to share your travel story

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Heathrow fire: your rights and refund options after cancellations

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Heathrow fire: your rights and refund options after cancellations

Video grab of the moments before and after Israel Baber setting fire to a sofa in Eccleston House, in Aiken Street, Bristol.

Watch: Building goes up in flames as 'dangerous' man set fire to sofa

Couple and their dogs killed in horrifying e-bike battery fire at home

E-bike battery blaze was the worst I've seen. I couldn't save them

A carbon monoxide expert has urged Brits to watch out for signs of the ‘silent killer’ in their home.

Carbon monoxide poisoning: leave immediately if you spot these signs
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Fire at property once owned by Jimmy Savile.

Watch: Blaze erupts at home once owned by Jimmy Savile

Watch: Woman hit by speeding Audi driver leaving her seriously injured

This is the moment an armed criminal's own CCTV system filmed him taking part in a gun deal before the same cameras filmed firearms officers raiding his house less than an hour later.

Gangster films his own gun deal on CCTV moments before police raid

Watch the moment a stranded dog gets rescued from a cliff

Watch the moment a stranded dog gets rescued from a cliff

Dilovan Sindi.

Watch: Arsonist set fire to customers inside barber shop

Emergency services news. Image: Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service.

Fire deliberately started near Leighton Buzzard footpath

Van goes up in flames as Spar convenience store evacuated

Watch as a van goes up in flames outside shop

Many celebrities have sadly lost their homes in the fires raging in Los Angeles. (Photo: Getty Images)

Watch: Full list of celebrities who have lost homes in LA fires

Brian Whitelock was given a whole life sentence for the murder of his neighbour Wendy Buckney.

Watch: Triple killer confesses to murdering his 71-year-old neighbour

Residents are rescued from fire.

Watch: Police run into burning building to rescue residents from blaze

Footage shows a fire in a house in Catford, southeast London, which was caused by an e-bike battery.

Watch shocking moment e-bike explosion sparks massive fire at house

George Pedley's boat under the water at Sandfield Bridge in Frampton Upon Severn, after the blaze.

Devastating video shows 22-foot canal boat going up in flames

A pensioner was seriously injured in an arson attack in Upperthorpe, Sheffield.

Watch: Pensioner had to be rescued from fire in suspected arson attack

London Fire Brigade tackle a fire at a takeaway in Holloway.

Watch: Smoke rises from takeaway fire as 15 fire engines are deployed

The fireplace can sit in any room, giving off heat and setting a festive mood

This cosy portable fireplace costs less than £25 and warms up a room

The bedroom table on fire.

Watch: Police rush into smoke-filled burning flat to save man’s life

Fire crews from across West Yorkshire raced to Sandmoor Drive, Alwoodley last night.

Blaze on Millionaire's Row: Dramatic video shows huge fire at £2m home
Dramatic video shows the moment more than 30 firefighters battle a towering inferno at a £2 million home.
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Fire crews from across West Yorkshire raced to Sandmoor Drive, Alwoodley last night.

Watch: Raging flames and thick smoke pour from fire at £2 million home

Firefighters tackling a huge fire at the former Dog Inn on Church Street, Preston

Breaking Watch: Flames pour from burning derelict pub as smoke billows into sky

The aftermath of the blaze at the Bristol Avenue tip

Video shows devastating tip blaze caused by a single e-bike battery

Scott and Georgina Bayliss’ £50k electric Mercedes burst into flames on their driveway.

Watch: £50k electric Mercedes bursts into flames on family’s driveway

Katie-Anne Hone returned home from the school run to find the family's flat had been destroyed in a blaze.

Watch: Mum returns home from school run to find flat gutted by fire

Watch: Motorway drivers play football as they wait for road to reopen

Loz Samuels pictured outside the world's smallest theatre - a former public loo in Malvern, UK.

We're revamping the world’s smallest theatre...a former public loo

It is traditionally worn by men to secure the ghutrah - or keffiyeh - in place on the wearer's head.

Ad Feature New London collection makes traditional Arabic male accessory for all

Fire crews putting out Daniel's flaming Ford Ranger.

Watch: Dad’s new £29k truck explodes into huge fireball on motorway

Three adults and one child have been rushed to hospital after a large fire destroyed a house in Newcastle.

Watch: Seven-year-old child dies after large explosion destroys house

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