Fire and Rescue

Firefighters battle for three hours to stop wood blaze

A FIRE in Mapledurham has destroyed 1,500 sq m of woodland. An area of Chazey Wood on the Mapledurham estate near Pond Lane caught ...

HENLEY Fire Station has become a designated “safe place”. The station, in West Street, has joined the South Oxfordshire Safe Places ...

FIREFIGHTERS cleared smoke from a house in Rotherfield Greys after cooking was left unattended. Crews were called to the property in ...

AN Olympic gold medal winning rower has become an on-call firefighter. Jacob Dawson, 31, said joining the Henley station in West ...

MORE than 50 people attended an open evening at Henley fire station, writes Emma Dodd. Queues formed in West Street ahead of the event ...

A FIRE investigation unit has been recognised after it attended 116 incidents since its launch last year. The Thames Valley Forensic ...

A CAFÉ at Henley station is to close after two years due to rising costs. Buddy’s Breakfast and Burgers, which is run by Charlie Beech,...

HENLEY fire station is recruiting up to 10 on-call firefighters to help keep the community safe. It currently has eight on its books ...

RESIDENTS are being reminded to dispose of their own fire extinguishers after two were left outside the fire station in Henley. In an ...

A CALF had to be rescued after it got stuck along a stretch of the River Thames in Henley. The young cow was trapped in the water near ...

A SEARCH and rescue service has bought new walkie talkies, following a donation from Henley Town Council. Lowland Rescue Oxfordshire, ...

FIRE crews from Henley attended a combined harvester fire near Benson. The machine and about 20 square metres of crop were destroyed ...

RESIDENTS of Caversham were given safety advice and training by the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service on Wednesday last week. ...

A CHARITY car wash will take place at Watlington fire station tomorrow (Saturday) from 10am and 4pm. All the proceeds will be donated ...

THREE fire services are now using the latest breathing equipment after a joint £1.7million investment. Firefighters across Oxfordshire,...

AN elderly man was taken to hospital after a collision with a car in Henley. Thames Valley Police closed Hart Street in both ...

THREE boys were trapped for almost an hour when a funfair ride jammed. Firefighters couldn’t free them from their seats because the ...

OLD firearms and ammunition were removed from a house in Sonning Common by police following a fire. A man was taken to hospital after ...

SOME of the worst flooding for a decade caused widespread disruption in the Henley area. Some residents were forced to evacuate their ...

A COUPLE in their nineties had to be rescued from their home due to flooding. Albert and Pat Hubbard and their daughter Caroline and ...