A garage owner says he feared he was about to lose his business after watching flames engulf the premises but has opened again in double-quick time.

Six fire engines were sent to a large blaze at a waste recycling centre.

A bonfire near a house got out of control last night, causing a shed and part of a fence to go up in flames.

Essential building work has started to replace external cladding on an emergency department building at risk of “fire spread”.

A pub boss says “mindless” teenagers could have killed someone after starting a fire that quickly spread through his beer garden.

Emergency crews have stayed overnight in a residential street to tackle a house fire.

Pictures show the aftermath of a "horrifying" arson attack which decimated a primary school's grounds as a fundraising campaign is launched.

Fire crews battled flames in a field that is not far from three prisons.

A 48-year-old is set to appear in court accused of arson, possessing a knife and causing GBH after emergency services were called to a house fire.

Arsonists are believed to be behind yet another fire at a derelict school, which has gone up in flames four times in less than a year.

Plumes of thick smoke could be seen coming from a business as fire crews battled a blaze.

Firefighters were sent to fight a huge blaze at a former school site after residents reported seeing thick black smoke billowing into the air.

Managers running a Royal British Legion Social Club say they are doing all they can to re-open the premises following after it was damaged by a fire.

Police are investigating the third fire in three weeks in the same neighbourhood - with the latest at a nursery.

Firefighters were called after a blaze was spotted in a church graveyard.

A blaze at a derelict former library is being treated as “suspicious” just over a year after a suspected arson attack on the same building.

Fire crews have been battling a field blaze after flames swept through crops.

Two fire engines were called to a town centre takeaway chain after a pizza oven caught fire and smoke was seen coming from the building.

Residents woke to screaming as emergency services were called to a disturbance and house fire which saw three people taken to hospital.

Quick-thinking campers rushed to put out a fire when part of an undergrowth caught alight at a Kent coast.