Thousands of tumble dryers in the UK have been labelled a fire hazard in a warning issued by the government. The alert affects more than 80,000 tumble dryers, which are in urgent need of repair.

The earliest known evidence of human fire-making has been discovered in the UK dating back over 400,000, in a new groundbreaking discovery. Fire-cracked flint, hand axes and heated sediments have been ...

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence in the UK of fire-making by early humans 400,000 years ago — 350,000 years earlier than previous records. The researchers found clay that had been burned ...

Raging flames leaped from an apartment building on Manhattan's Upper West Side on Tuesday, raining debris onto the sidewalk and spewing smoke across the cityscape, but causing no major injuries, ...

A warning has been issued to proprietors of 'dodgy' Amazon Fire Sticks who have discovered new gadgets to unlawfully stream material. Amazon is enforcing a prohibition from November in a bid to tackle ...

A LARGE fire has broken out at a block of flats in Glasgow’s southside. Dark smoke was seen billowing from the Park Pavilions new build development on Grange Road in Battlefield this afternoon. Please ...

A survivor of the Hong Kong fire disaster today told how he spoke to his panicked mum in the UK on the phone while trapped and fearing he was about to die. William Li, 40, was left imprisoned inside ...

Hong Kong leader John Lee Ka-chiu has ordered inspections of all public housing estates undergoing major renovations, with authorities launching a criminal investigation into the city’s deadliest fire ...

As many as 70 firefighters and 10 fire engines are tackling a blaze in Holborn, central London. The fire is at an underground utilities tunnel on Theobalds Road in Holborn, London Fire Brigade said.

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Emergency services are responding to a major fire in a tunnel in central London. The London Fire Brigade (LFB) has said the fire is now under control, but crews will remain on scene throughout the ...

HONG KONG — A major fire tore through multiple high-rise towers at a housing complex in Hong Kong on Wednesday, killing dozens of people, the city's chief executive, John Lee, said, with 279 people ...