All news on the topic: House fires

London Fire Brigade have sent 70 firefighters to a block of flats in Woolwich, south east London, where a major fire has broken out as terrifying images show flames soaring into the sky

Firefighters from the London Fire Briagde are currently tackling a fire at a nursery in Winchmore Hill, London

Two people evacuated by firefighters during the blaze in Gosport, Hants, told how they managed to flee via their home's rear entrance, and returned to find "utter devastation"

By the time the children were pulled out, they were unresponsive - paramedics arrived on the scene in Reynosa, Mexico minutes later - but were unable to revive the youngsters

Christine Bedford and her Great-grandson were inside the residence with their two dogs when the fire broke out - the pair managed to escape and were taken to hospital but Christine returned to find her home and belongings destroyed

The London Fire Brigade said in a statement after the horror incident that house fires caused by light reflecting by objects are "not as rare as you might think"

David Mason, 19, was playing games in his bedroom when his family home in Wigan was engulfed in flames - his dad Barry, 45, and little brother Ethan, four, tragically died

Connie and Rob Turner, both 79, were watching TV in their kitchen when a bolt hit the property in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Yorks, with a 'horrific bang' at around 4.30pm

A baby has been rescued after being trapped in a blazing fire with another person in Leeds this morning - with three fire engines sent rushing to the horrific scene

Two people who were discovered inside the property by firefighters were sadly pronounced dead at the scene by London Ambulance Service crews, after 999 control officers received nine calls about the blaze

Barry Mason, 45, and his four-year-old son were killed in a house fire at their home in Wigan, Greater Manchester, as fundraiser for their family reached £36,000

Ethan Mason suffered severe burns to his body in the fire during the early hours of Sunday morning that also killed his dad who pulled him out from the flames

Firefighters issued a reminder to keep window sills clear of reflective or highly flammable items so they are not in direct sunlight. It's thought the aerosol or lighter exploded after getting too hot

Greater Manchester Police and fire services were called to a blaze at a house in Droylsden on Wednesday morning with the force now confirming that a man has died in the fire

The grieving woman shared a series of TikTok videos explaining how the incident had started after her nephew died in a fire caused by 'spontaneous combustion' - and she's now warning others

Anthony Quinlan, 42, from Huyton, was driving his van down Rathbone Road in Wavertree on Saturday, March 16, when he noticed flames raging in the upper windows of a house

Mum-of-two Anna Dunkova had been visiting her mother nearby on Sunday, March 17 when she received a distressing phone call from her 17 year old daughter, who was home alone at their flat on Grange Park Terrace

British model Cara Delevingne's sprawling £5.5million ($7million) mansion in Los Angeles burnt down to the ground in a horror house blaze on Friday

Some windows had to be smashed in so firemen could get into the rooms of the House Simon retirement home in Qualburg, Bedburg-Hau, where at least four residents have been confirmed dead

Fifteen fire engines and around 100 firefighters were called to a fire at a terraced house converted into flats on Emperor's Gate in South Kensington, London Fire Brigade confirmed

Bernadine "Birdie" Pruessner shared a touching post on Facebook about how precious life is before killing herself and her children in a devastating house fire in Ferguson, Missouri

Inas Himedan, 33, from Huddersfield, along with her husband Yousef Khaled and their two young children, have been left with "nothing but their pyjamas", following the blaze that saw them jump from their second floor flat

Daniel Sebastian Allen admitted murdering a teenage girl, her baby daughter and brother and killing their mum, found handcuffed to a bed after a house fire in Derrylin, Co Fermanagh

Inas Himedan, a 33-year-old from Huddersfield, has described the moment she threw her child from a top floor window after waking up to find their home engulfed by flames

The devastated man arrived at the scene to identify five of his family members killed in the blaze in Ferguson, Missouri, that police are now saying is 'suspicious'