GUESTS were evacuated from Llandudno’s St George’s Hotel as a blaze tore through the hotel’s kitchen. The fire, caused by a faulty toaster, triggered the fire alarms at the hotel on the promenade and all 118 guests were evacuated to the nearby Esplanade Hotel. (more…)

An elderly woman who had been given a microwaveable heat pack as a safer alternative to a hot water bottle, died after it caught fire in her bed (more…)

Food retailer, J Sainsbury plc, is shelving the sale of its chip pans to help reduce some 49% of house fires and about 30 fatalities caused annually by misused kitchen products. (more…)

Blocked fire exits and obstructions on fire escape routes cost a high street discount store fines and costs of £36,000 following a visit from local authority health & safety inspectors. (more…)

The West Yorkshire Fire Authority has successfully prosecuted a man for the illegal storage of fireworks in his house. (more…)