Friday 15 March 2013





Two houses destroyed as fire tears through Paisley construction site


Blaze: Firefighters battle flames in early hours.
  
A fire has ripped through a building site, destroying two houses which were under construction.
The blaze broke out at the site in the Neilston Road area of Paisley on Friday afternoon.
Two fire appliances from Paisley Community Fire Station were dispatched to the scene and were confronted by a “well-developed fire within two timber-framed houses”.
An additional two engines were needed to bring the fire under control and a specialist height vehicle was also deployed.
Strathclyde Police cordoned off a section of the adjacent Rowan Street to allow fire crews access to the scene.
There were no injuries reported and firefighters remain at the scene.
From STV. 
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http://www.fireisk.co.uk/index.php/training/construction-sites-course


Friday 8 March 2013


Brave four-year-old saves mum, dad and sister from night time fire in home
 

QUICK thinking Conor Walker was first downstairs in the morning and saw smoke spewing out from under the kitchen door, so he rushed to tell his parents the house was on fire, and they were able to escape in time with him and baby Lucy.
Conor shows off the teddy he was given by the fire brigade
Conor shows off the teddy he was given by the fire brigade
 
A BOY of four saved the lives of his mum, dad and baby sister after their house caught fire as they slept.
Little Conor Walker was first downstairs in the morning and saw smoke spewing out from under the kitchen door.
He acted quickly, going straight to tell dad David and mum Jan that the house was on fire, and they were able to get outside in time with him and baby Lucy.
David, 39, said: “If it hadn’t been for Conor, we would have been carried out in body bags.
“I can’t praise him enough. I would put him forward for a bravery award if I could.
“The fire officer said he did a really good job and gave him a teddy, which lit up his wee face.”

The fire broke out at about 7.15am at the family home in Lockerbie, Dumfriess-shire.
David told our sister paper the Dumfries & Galloway Standard: “Conor came into our room absolutely trembling and crying and shouted that the house was on fire.
“He’d gone down before us and saw smoke coming under the kitchen door. It was black from the living room side.
“I shot out of bed, got everybody outside and dialed 999.”
David said the smoke alarm in the house was tested days before, but it didn’t sound until five minutes after they fled the house on Wednesday.
He added: “We were outside waiting on the fire brigade when it finally went off.”
The family are staying with Jan’s mum because their house is smoke-damaged, and have criticised housing chiefs for not making them a priority for temporary accommodation.
Firefighters are investigating the cause of the blaze.

Dumfries and Galloway Standard





 

A COUPLE and their two children were rescued from the flat in Leith just after midnight after a pan of food went on fire.
Edinburgh family rescued following kitchen blaze
Firefighters led the family to safety
Firefighters led the family to safety
 
FIREFIGHTERS led a family to safety after a blaze in a kitchen.
Crews were called to a fifth floor flat at Cables Wynd House in the Leith area of Edinburgh at 12.15am where a pan of food was alight.
A man, 29, a woman, 24, and two children, a girl, 7, and boy, 3, were led to safety by firefighters, the fire service said.
They were treated for suspected smoke inhalation at the scene by the fire service and ambulance crews but did not travel to hospital.
A spokeswoman for Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service said: "A pan of food was alight within a fifth floor flat and was extinguished by removal and the property was vented.
 
From Daily Record.