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• Drones, cat killers, ritual mass murder: Blackpool ‘fire’ recalls other false alarms

  29-12-2023 16:20
  Fire engines and a helicopter were deployed to Blackpool Tower to free orange netting blowing in the windSix fire engines, drones, a specialist climbing team, several police officers and a helicopter equipped with a thermal-imaging unit were scrambled to Blackpool Tower on Thursday after reports of a fire.People were evacuated from their homes, streets cordoned off and witnesses spoke of chaos. But it was never a towering inferno, just orange netting blowing in the wind. Continue reading...
  
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• Cambridge Fire Crews Needed For Christmas Day Emergencies

  29-12-2023 11:30 via thebigredguide.com
  Cambridge firefighters had a busy Christmas Day as they were called to several house fires.While many people were enjoying the festivities and tucking into a Christmas dinner, firefighters from Cambridge Fire Station’s Red Watch responded to several emergencies.Christmas morning firesAt 9 am on Christmas morning the crews, along with the south roaming fire engine and an on-call crew from Linton, were called to a house fire involving a roof at Egerton Close.The fire spread quickly from
  
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