Around 30 firefighters tackled a fire at a large industrial building in Sheffield on Sunday evening.
Crews from Central, Rivelin, Parkway, Tankersley and Elm Lane dealt with the incident on Stevenson Road at around 5.15pm.
The fire involved an electrical transformer inside the building and although there were a lot of flames and smoke in the early stages of the fire, these quickly died down.
The large building was disused and nobody was hurt in the incident.
Fire crews left at around 9pm on Sunday and the cause of the fire is currently under investigation.
A family of six have escaped unharmed after a fire broke out in their home on Askew Court in Stocksbridge, Sheffield.
Firefighters from Stocksbridge, Tankersley and Rivelin stations were called to the incident at 6am on Thursday morning.
The family were already safely outside when the crews arrived. However, a dog was still inside, firefighters wearing breathing apparatus entered the sem-detached house and rescued the dog. The dog was rushed to a vet to be checked over.
An investigation into the cause of the fire will now take place, though it is believed that this is an accidental fire.
A BBQ left unattended in the high winds last night caught fire to a trailer tent and car after embers were blown across them.
Firefighters from Doncaster station were called to Lichfield Road in Wheatley, Doncaster at 11:30pm on Tuesday night. A trailer tent and a car were on fire on the driveway of a semi-detached house.
The fire crew used a hose reel to bring the fire under control. Luckily no one was hurt in the incident.
Firefighters are warning people not to leave BBQ’s unattended as this incident shows they can easily spread and cause serious damage.
Fire crews have been busy overnight tackling two large derelict building fires in Swinton and Wombwell.
Three fire crews from Dearne and Rotherham stations were called out to Goodwin Crescent, Swinton, Rotherham at 9pm on Tuesday evening. Where a derelict children’s home was well alight. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used hose reels to put the fire out.
Then at 11:30pm three crews from Rotherham and Doncaster stations attended a large derelict industrial building which was well alight on Everill Gate Lane in the Wombwell area of Barnsley. The building has been totally gutted by the fire.
Both incidents are believed to have been started deliberately.
A man has died following a house fire in Barnsley.
Fire crews from Barnsley, Tankersley and Cudworth fire stations responded to the incident on Darley Avenue, Athersley at around 1.55am on Saturday.
The first floor of the semi-detached, brick built house was well alight and firefighters wearing breathing apparatus entered the property to search for casualties.
A man, believed to be in his 60s, was sadly found to have died.
No one else is thought to have been inside the property at the time of the incident.
An investigation into the cause of the fire will begin later on Saturday.
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A family of six had a lucky escape after a fire broke out at their home due to an unattended chip pan.
Three fire crews from Thorne and Doncaster stations were called at 11:50pm on Monday night to a house on Parks Road in the Dunscroft area of Doncaster.
All occupants were already outside when fire crews arrived. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used hose reels to put the fire out.
The kitchen was badly damaged while the rest of the house was smoke logged.
A woman in her 20’s was taken to hospital as a precaution.
Crews left the scene at 00:45am.
Five fire engines and an aerial appliance have been tackling a large fire at a nursery in Sheffield.
The fire at the nursery on School Road, Beighton broke out at around 6pm on Sunday.
The building was well alight with flames coming through the roof.
But firefighters managed to out in place a fire break which helped to save three quarters of the building.
Crews were still at the scene at 10pm on Sunday, but the number of fire engines there was in the process of being scaled back.
An investigation into the cause of the fire is underway.
Firefighters have been tackling a large fire at an unused single storey building on Queen Street in Swinton, Rotherham.
Fire crews were called at 6:45pm on Sunday evening and at the height of the fire six fire engines were at the scene.
The firefighters worked hard to prevent the fire spreading to near by buildings.
An investigation will now take place to determine the cause of the fire.
An elderly man has been led to safety by firefighters following a fire at his bungalow on Hurley Croft in Brampton Bierlow, Rotherham.
A fire crew from Dearne station were called to the fire at 4:50am on Friday morning. The man (70’s) was still inside the property when crews arrived. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus led the man safely outside.
A chip pan was the cause of the fire.
The man was suffering from smoke inhalation and was taken to hospital by ambulance.
Firefighters left the scene at 5:35am.
Several cars are currently on fire in a compound at Fairfield Park in Manvers, Rotherham.
Six fire engines were called the scene at 10:45pm on Sunday night.
Around 15 cars are involved in the fire.
Firefighters are using hose reels to tackle the blaze.
An investigation into the cause of the fire will take place once the fire is completely out.
