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Exmouth Journal
Person freed from loo by Exmouth firefighters and other news
Exmouth Journal
STUCK IN LOO: Firefighters from Exmouth freed a person stuck in a toilet at Liverton Business Park on Saturday night. The crew was called to the toilet at midnight, the fire service said. A Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said: ...

Fire in Gloucester flat
This is Gloucestershire
Firefighters found a small fire when they attended the scene at about 7.45pm. A spokesman for Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue service said: "This again illustrates the importance of having a working smoke alarm in you property."

Unconscious man rescued from Cheltenham house blaze
This is Gloucestershire
FIREFIGHTERS dragged an unconscious man from the second floor of a house as a blaze raged in the rooms below. The man had become trapped upstairs after the fire broke out at a home in Cheltenham. And a dog also made a lucky escape as the crews brought ...

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Woman rescued from flat fire in Weston-super-Mare
This is Somerset
Firefighters were called to the two-storey property in Windwhistle Circle just after midnight on Wednesday morning. The woman in her 20s was at a back window and was rescued with ladders. She suffered smoke inhalation and was taken to hospital. 1.

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Firefighters rescue newborn calf from lock
Reading Chronicle
FIREFIGHTERS reunited a newborn calf with its mother after it wandered into the Kennet and Avon Canal and got stuck. Crews from Newbury fire station and the animal rescue unit in Caversham Road, Reading, found the frightened creature in Thatcham Lock ...

Suspected arson attack at Camborne railway station
BBC News
Two suspected arson attacks in Cornwall, including one at a railway station, are being investigated. The fires were in piles of rubbish in the same area of Camborne. The fires, in an alley in East Charles Street and at the station in Trevu Road, ...

Stratford Observer
Community stunned by River Avon deaths
Stratford Observer
By Kevin Unitt 18/05 Updated: 18/05 07:22 A DREAM turned into a nightmare for a family when a devoted father and his young son died in a boating accident on the River Avon. Julian Mynott, 42, and three-year-old son Freddie lost their lives when their ...

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Unconscious man rescued from house blaze
This is Gloucestershire
FIREFIGHTERS dragged an unconscious man from the second floor of a house as a blaze raged in the rooms below. The man had become trapped upstairs after the fire broke out at a home in Cheltenham. And a dog also made a lucky escape as the crews brought ...

Woman rescued from fire
This is Somerset
Firefighters were called to the two-storey property in Windwhistle Circle just after midnight on Wednesday morning. The woman in her 20s was at a back window and was rescued with ladders. She suffered smoke inhalation and was taken to hospital. 1.

April 2012 Burnham-On-Sea News Archive
Burnham-On-Sea
WATER Minister Richard Benyon MP this week visited the Burnham-On-Sea area to see work being undertaken by the Somerset Drainage Boards to manage water in Somerset's wetlands. The MP was shown around several parts of Sedgemoor on Tuesday (April 24th).

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Digger overturns and starts a fire
This is Cornwall
Firefighters tackled the blaze from 4.30pm, transferring water from a fire engine to a smaller 4x4 vehicle in order to be able to reach the blaze, where access was difficult. It took crews, travelling to and fro with the two appliances to transfer the ...

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Fire crews rescue horse stuck in water-filled rhyne
This is Somerset
Firefighters from Cheddar were joined by Avon's specialist rescue team at Brewery Farm, Cross, shortly before 9pm. The horse was stuck in the rhyne with water up to its shoulders, a Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said.

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Parents could see roadshow aimed at cutting teen crash deaths
Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard
Year 11 pupils from Malmesbury School have been taking part in the Safe Drive Stay Alive programme led by Wiltshire Fire Service for several years and have seen the presentations in Swindon and Chippenham But the area board has decided to arrange for a ...

BBC News
Firefighters called to 'small fire' at Hinkley Point
This is Somerset
Firefighters were called to a fire at the Hinkley Point B nuclear power station in Somerset. A spokesman from EDF Energy said a “small fire” was detected in some lagging in the gas turbine house at midday on Wednesday. He said the station's fire ...
Investigation begins after 'small blaze' at Hinkley Point power stationBurnham-On-Sea

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Cheltenham gas explosion: Families face months out of homes
This is Gloucestershire
Mr Hall said: "This incident made a very clear statement that Gloucestershire's firefighters will take risks when lives need saving and that they will accept a high degree of personal danger in doing this whenever there is a reasonable chance of ...

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Burnham-On-Sea
Investigation begins after 'small blaze' at Hinkley Point power station
Burnham-On-Sea
Firefighters were called to Hinkley Point B by owners EDF Energy on Wednesday morning. EDF said a "small fire" had broken out in some lagging in the gas turbine house at 11:55am. A spokesman said the station's fire response team had been mobilised, ...

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BBC News
Fire put out at Hinkley Point B nuclear power station
BBC News
Firefighters were called to a fire at the Hinkley Point B nuclear power station in Somerset. A spokesman from EDF Energy said a "small fire" was detected in some lagging in the gas turbine house at 11:55 BST on Wednesday. He said the station's fire ...

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And Faye makes it five for family of firefighters
This is Cornwall
A fireman has spoken of his delight after not one but four of his children decided to follow in his footsteps. Stan Livingstone, 51, crew manager at Newquay Community Station, has been serving as a retained firefighter for more than 20 years.

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Mirror causes clothes blaze near Dorchester
Dorset Echo
Dorset Fire and Rescue Service was alerted at 3.41pm and two Dorchester fire crews responded. Firefighters discovered a burning pile of clothes in a first floor bedroom. A fire and rescue service spokesman said the clothes and a wooden chair were ...

Cheltenham gas explosion: I heard bang while playing bowls
This is Gloucestershire
The house two doors down, where pensioner Betty Hodgkiss lived, had been reduced to rubble and the road was full of firefighters and police. The software engineer said: "As I was walking up the road, one of my friends told me what had happened.

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