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26th January, 2012

Shropshire firefighters recently took part in a chemical incident training exercise organised at Bridgnorth Aluminium’s processing plant.

Crews from Ludlow and Much Wenlock were mobilised to the incident and were told on arrival that there...

25th January, 2012

A smoke alarm saved a young woman’s life in a house fire in Shrewsbury late last night (Tues)

Shrewsbury firefighters wearing breathing apparatus forced their way into the house in York Road, Harlescott, at 10.30pm when next door...

25th January, 2012

Firefighters are preparing for a major training exercise to deal with a gas cloud over Shrewsbury caused by a supposed chemical spillage at an oil depot.

Morris Lubricants has volunteered their works site so that county fire crews can gain...

25th January, 2012

The death of a lone, elderly and vulnerable woman in a house fire was tragically predicted by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service.

In a report to the fire authority in December, fire chiefs forecast that the next victim of a house fire in...

17th January, 2012

Police officers are investigating following a car fire in Woodside Telford at the weekend.

The incident occurred outside an address on Wantage, Woodside Telford on Sunday 15 January and police believe the car was set alight deliberately...

13th January, 2012

The Fire Minister was in Shropshire to officially open the county’s newly renovated fire HQ.

Bob Neill MP was given a tour of the new control room - the first in the UK to open after the cancellation of the failed regional control project...

10th January, 2012

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service and Telford and Wrekin Council have issued a joint warning to householders to take extra care with portable heaters after a Telford family narrowly escaped a house fire which ripped through their home.

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10th January, 2012

With a couple of months worth of dark nights and mornings still ahead of us the Safer Roads Partnership are again reminding people when out walking, cycling or running near the roads to think about whether they can be seen by other road users....

10th January, 2012

Shropshire firefighters took to the streets to personally ask the taxpaying public for their views on how their local fire service should look in the future as it faces unprecedented financial cuts.

Retained firefighters – the local fire...

6th January, 2012

Police investigating a farm fire near Bridgnorth which caused around £350,000 damage, today issued an appeal for information.

A large Dutch farm and seven items of farm machinery were severely damaged in the blaze at Cranmere Farm,...

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