Fire and Rescue

A PILE of hay bales was destroyed in a fire in Sonning Common which is thought to have been started deliberately. The incident took ...

ABOUT 30 people had a lucky escape when they were told to get off a bus shortly before it exploded into flames. They were passengers ...

FIREFIGHTERS tackled a blazing bus in Binfield Heath late this afternoon (Thursday). The 800 Arriva service was travelling towards ...

A TIPPER truck caught fire in Sonning Common on Tuesday. The vehicle burst into flames near the Herb Farm in Peppard Road at about ...

AN historic thatched cottage in Ewelme was badly damaged by a large fire on Sunday. Ten fire engines were called to Thatchings, a ...

THE old fire station in Wargrave could be demolished to make way for retirement flats. Wargrave Housing Association bought the ...

TWO Henley firefighters have passed their 10-month assessment. Karina Phillips and Sam Swinnerton-Woolf went through a series of ...

FIRE engines from RAF Benson were driven in and around Benson this week as part of their “blue light” training. This included using ...

A car has been destroyed in a roadside fire. A fire crew from Thame Fire Station attended the incident at 12.42pm yesterday (Thursday)....

FIRE crews were called to Henley town centre after a suspected electrical fault in an office basement caused a burning smell. A total ...

AS we report elsewhere this week, staff at the Savills estate agency in Henley called the fire brigade on Tuesday morning after they ...

FIREFIGHTERS were called to put out a large bonfire in Harpsden. A crew from Henley fire station in West Street spent about half an ...

A MAN from Watlington who worked as an on-call firefighter for 20 years has retired. Ashley Wingrove said that becoming a firefighter ...

ON call firefighters are needed in Watlington. You must live within five minutes of the fire station in Gorwell to be eligible and ...

HENLEY fire station has a new engine. Crews at the station in West Street will spend a week practicing with the new appliance before ...

A CAR caught on fire near Henley after it collided with another vehicle that had stopped due to a tree branch blocking the road. The ...

A FIRE badly damaged a house in Hurley. Firefighters were called to a property in Mill Lane just before 10am on Wednesday. They spent ...

FIREFIGHTERS used water from a swimming pool to help tackle a blaze at a property in Lambridge Lane, Henley. Crews from Oxfordshire ...

A SIGN encouraging driver to watch their speed was stolen from outside Henley fire station. It had only been up for a few hours before ...

THREE horses are believed to have died following an incident near Hambleden. Three fire engines from Henley, Reading and Beaconsfield ...

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