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Overnight incidents 23/24 March 2021

Three fire crews from Penistone, Stocksbridge and Barnsley stations were called out to a flat at 7:50pm on Manchester Road, Thurlstone, Barnsley. The other three flats in the block were evacuated.  The fire was in the kitchen and started accidentally. Luckily there were no reports of any casualties. The crews left the scene at 10:35pm.

Wheelie bins in a bin store were deliberately set on fire at 7:55pm on Cottam Road, Sheffield. Firefighters from Tankersley station attended the incident. They left the scene at 8:35pm.

Two wheelie bins were deliberately set on fire on Littleworth Avenue, Lundwood, Barnsley at 9:10pm. A fire crew from Cudworth station attended the incident. They came away at 9:35pm.

Cudworth firefighters were called out to a deliberate fire involving a hedge and fence at 10:20pm on Cudworth Parkway, Cudworth, Barnsley. The crew came away at 10:45pm.

A car was deliberately set on fire at 10:30pm on The Crescent, Woodlands, Doncaster. Firefighters from Adwick station attended the incident. They left the scene at 11:15pm.

Firefighters from Tankersley station attended two wheelie bins which had been deliberately set on fire at 10:40pm on Foster Way, Sheffield. The fire crew left the scene at 11pm.

Three fire crews from Elm Lane, Rotherham and Parkway stations were called out to a premise fire at 11:15pm on Barber Wood Road, Blackburn, Rotherham. The fire was accidental and involved the boiler. Crews left the scene at 12:25am.

At 12:45am two fire crews from Stocksbridge and Rivelin stations attended a deliberate bin fire which also spread to a building on Potters Gate, Sheffield. Firefighters left the scene at 1:25am.

Doncaster firefighters were called out to a shed on fire at allotments on Chequer Avenue, Belle Vue, Doncaster at 1:05am. The fire started accidentally from a brazier which had spread to the shed. Firefighters came away at 1:55am.

This content was last updated on March 24th, 2021