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Henley fire crews save Christmas
05/12/13
Henley's fire crews freed Santa from a chimney in their Living Advent Calendar comedy sketch.
'Difficult' decision over fire station's future
22/02/17
FIRE chiefs say they have to make “difficult” decisions to save money, which could include closing Wargrave fire station. The Royal Berkshire Fire Authority needs to save £2.4 million by 2020 and has suggested seven cost-saving measures, three of ...
House blaze being treated as arson
20/03/19
A BLAZE which destroyed a house in Gillotts Lane, Henley is being treated as arson. The property, which is understood to be empty, was engulfed in flames yesterday (Tuesday) and seven fire engines, including an aerial ladder platform, and ...
Fire causes evacuation of Henley supermarket
10/09/17
SHOPPERS and staff were evacuated from Tesco in Henley after an electrical fire started at the supermarket this afternoon (Sunday). Firefighters were called at 3pm and two engines from Reading, as well as appliances from Maidenhead and ...
Good call
13/03/17
Rob Wilson visited Caversham Road fire station in Reading to learn more about the work that the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service does in the community. The Reading East MP met the green watch crew and was shown around the ...
Man, 91, suffers burns in blaze escape
06/11/17
A 91-YEAR-OLD man suffered burns to his face and legs when a fire ripped through his bungalow in Benson. He was alerted to the blaze at his home in Crown Lane on Friday morning when he heard his smoke alarm sounding. He was ...
Firefighters break into house to put out kitchen fire
12/07/17
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a kitchen fire in Caversham after a mother and daughter fell asleep with food cooking on the hob. There was no response when the firefighters banged on the door at the house in Mayfield Drive, ...
Couple escape as blaze rips through shop next to home
13/04/17
A COUPLE’S business and home were wrecked when a fire ripped through a building in Watlington town centre. The blaze broke out at DG Homecare in High Street on Friday evening while Derek and Glennys Starling were at ...
Firefighters offered free beer for extinguishing pub fire
21/12/17
FIREFIGHTERS are being offered a free pint of beer after they put out a chimney fire at a Henley pub. They were called to the Saracen's Head in Greys Road yesterday (Wednesday) at 5pm after the fire broke out and a ...
Gardener dies in shed blaze
02/03/17
A WOMAN is in hospital with serious burns after a fire in which a man died. The victim of the blaze in a wooden garden shed in Gravel Hill, Henley, has been named locally as Mark Sayer, 43. He ran a landscape ...
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