Fireman dies in airport explosion
A fireman has died in an explosion at Cotswold Airport. 45 year old Steve Mills who was the fire services manager at the Kemble airport, died following a cylinder explosion at the airfield at 12.45pm...
View ArticleShell UK admits health and safety breaches after Norfolk gas explosion
Shell UK has pleaded guilty to health and safety breaches which lead to an explosion in 2008 at the Bacton Gas Terminal in Norfolk. The Environment Agency and the Health and Safety Executive brought...
View Article4 killed in Wales refinery explosion
4 people have been killed and another hospitalized in a huge explosion at an oil refinery in wales. The explosion happened at the Pembroke Dock Chevron refinery at around 6.22pm on Thursday 2nd June....
View ArticleShell UK to pay huge fines after 2008 explosion
Shell UK has been ordered to pay 1.242 million pounds in fines and legal costs for a fire at its Bacton terminal in 2008. The company was found guilty of 7 offences. The fire and explosion were caused...
View ArticleFirework factory blaze report launched
A report into a fireworks factory fire and explosion that killed two firefighters has made 66 recommendations in an attempt to prevent it happening again. Geoff Wicker and Brian Wembridge both died in...
View ArticleWaste control companies fined more than £200k
Two waste control companies have been fined after a major chemical fire in Crewe. Greenway Environmental Ltd and waste shredder manufacturer, Pakawaste Ltd, were sentenced at Chester Crown Court on...
View ArticleCornwall house destroyed in explosion
A man from Truro has been charged with arson endangering life after a house in Cornwall was destroyed in a huge explosion. The explosion happened at a house in Bodmin, at 9pm on 18th October. 24...
View Article2 men injured in ex-colliery explosion
Two security guards are in a serious condition in hospital after being injured in an explosion at an ex-colliery. The explosion happened at the former Welbeck Colliery in Nottinghamshire, on the...
View ArticleSerious injuries in Croydon Police Station explosion
Around 50 firefighters, three ambulances and an air ambulance helicopter attended an explosion at Croydon police station at 11.20am Tuesday March 20. Fire fighters from 10 crews fought for around 2...
View ArticleResidents evacuated as fire breaks out in Cambridgeshire garage
Fire crews from across Cambridgeshire were called to a fire which broke out in a commercial garage in the early hours of 10th October. A cordon of around 200 meters was put in place around the...
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