Buildings were evacuated and an exclusion zone set up in North Lanarkshire over fears that a van containing chemicals may explode. The van, which was carrying acetylene cylinders, caught fire on ...

An investigation is under way after a gas cylinder exploded in a fire. At around 2.45am yesterday (September 15), three fire engines from Preston and Fulwood rushed to the scene of an fire. The blaze ...

FIREFIGHTERS are backing a campaign for the safer storage of gas cylinders, following a dangerous fire earlier this year. Up to 600 people were evacuated from homes near Southend Farm, off Southend ...

Sixteen families from Dunsfold Way had to be evacuated after a garage fire heated potentially explosive gas cylinders on March 29. The incident occurred when a car being housed in a garage at 94 ...

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A SMOULDERING gas cylinder forced the closure of nearby school buildings for five days. Pupils and construction workers were evacuated from the Bexley Business Academy in Yarnton Way, Thamesmead, last ...

AN EXPLOSION scare near the region's biggest shopping mall has caused Christmas shoppers hours of delays. Roads and rail links around the Gateshead MetroCentre were closed today after a highly ...

TRAIN services across central Scotland were severely disrupted and scores of families had to be evacuated from their homes yesterday after a gas cylinder scare following a fire at an industrial estate ...