Posts Tagged ‘fire’
Discarded bottle believed to have sparked major Hackney blaze that halted Overground
Dozens of firefighters called as caravan engulfed in flames
Read More‘Shellshocked’ and ‘exhausted’: The Mount residents raise concerns over safety and council support after Clapton blaze
Tenants of a four-storey council block off Mount Pleasant Lane say the local authority has offered limited support since fire tore through their homes on 5 May — as health fears raised over asbestos, burnt plastics and a hoarded flat still strewn with scorched debris
Read MoreHackney tower block hit by flooding days after fire breaks out
Residents have called for the block to be evacuated
Read MoreFire at council-run flat reignites safety fears
A fire on 27 February has reignited safety fears at the housing block
Read MoreRecord number of fires linked to e-bikes and e-scooters as pressure mounts to regulate vehicles
Two Londoners lost their lives to the fires in 2025
Read MoreAir conditioning fault caused fire at Mossbourne school – not arson
London Fire Brigade had initially been unable to rule out a deliberate act
Read MoreLondon fire chief to retire after five years in post
Mayor Sadiq Khan praises ‘outstanding’ Andy Roe, whose final day in office is yet to be revealed
Read MoreFire expert criticises ‘lazy’ risk assessment for Dalston block – carried out a year before the roof went up in flames
Around 50 residents were forced into temporary accommodation by the blaze earlier this summer
Read MoreAlsatian ‘back to normal’ after being rescued from fire in Dalston
Kiko was pulled out of a 14-storey block of flats on Tyssen Street earlier this week
Read MorePeabody residents demand better support in wake of ‘traumatising’ Dalston Lane fire
Despite Peabody’s efforts to rehouse people, some are calling on the housing association to ‘do more’
Read MoreMan arrested after making ‘allegedly antisemitic’ threats close to scene of Clapton house fire
The 60-year-old was detained on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life following blaze on Newick Road
Read MoreWoman taken to hospital after major fire in Dalston
Ridley Road was closed overnight as 70 firefighters tackled the blaze on Chester Crescent
Read MoreUnderground car park fire below block of flats caused by ‘boiler fault’
25 firefighters tackled a fire in a car park on Lea Bridge Road
Read MoreLondon firefighters still not doing ‘real fire training in high-rises’ – six years on from Grenfell
City’s deputy fire chief concedes more ‘realistic’ training is needed after union raises alarm
Read More‘Wiped out by carelessness’: Gardeners devastated after grass fire damages trees at Millfields community orchard
London Fire Brigade ‘concerned that some grass fires are being started deliberately’
Read MoreHuge rise in e-scooter collisions in London ‘likely to be the tip of the iceberg’, warns Assembly Member
Unmesh Desai hits out at illegal e-scooters as figures show nearly as many collisions in the first six months of 2021 than in the whole of 2020
Read MoreLTNs had ‘no impact’ on fire response times in London last year, new figures show
Capital’s fire service says response times in inner London ‘remain quicker’ than in outer London
Read MoreFour escape basement fire at Stoke Newington café
One treated for smoke inhalation after blaze at Lydia Café on Church Street this morning
Read MoreAnger after bin fire at council block where cladding is being replaced
Lincoln Court residents say blaze is a ‘warning shot’ following ‘numerous conversations’ with council about safety practices
Read MoreMayor ‘disappointed’ about council’s cladding report U-turn – which he discovered reading the Hackney Citizen
Philip Glanville says he did not agree with the decision and will release a ‘hybrid report’ later this year
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