A workman who appeared to be trapped on a burning high-rise building in Reading was lifted to safety by a crane, dramatic footage has shown - with 50 firefighters on the scene. Two people were taken ...

At least 10 people have died and 25 others injured after a fire broke out in a high-rise building in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital. Videos on social media on Tuesday showed occupants of the ...

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A busy section of Birmingham city centre ground to a halt this evening, Monday September 15, following a high-rise fire. 50 West Midlands fire fighters attended the blaze at 4:30pm, which broke out on ...

The government was "well aware" of the deadly risks posed by combustible cladding and insulation a year before the Grenfell Tower fire, but "failed to act on what it knew", a landmark report has found ...

The fire broke out in central Reading on Thursday morning Plumes were seen billowing from the Station Hill development Two people have been taken to hospital The area around the development was ...

Three high-rise buildings in Worcester have failed to meet fire safety standards after they were reassessed following concerns about a former contractor. Henwick House, Cripplegate House and Severn ...

Residents of high-rise buildings here have been invited to information sessions by the Department for Communities after a report found fire safety systems in NI need an “overhaul”. The report ...

The cause of a high rise building fire in Leeds that brought surrounding roads to a standstill has been confirmed. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Yorkshire Evening Post, you can get ...

At least 44 people have died and hundreds have been reported missing after a fire raged through a high-rise housing complex in Hong Kong. Police said 45 people also remain in critical condition while ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. China will inspect high-rise buildings across the nation for fire safety, its government said on Saturday, in ...