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Firefighters use cold cutting lance to tackle Cobden Street blaze

Firefighters used high pressure cutting equipment to put out a fire on an industrial estate in Salford last night. Police and fire services closed off Cobden Street at...

Pictured: Little Hulton caravan blaze

Firefighters were called to the front garden of a house in Little Hulton tonight after a caravan erupted into flames. A garage was also ablaze by the time engines...

Fire crews stop wheelie bin arson from spreading to Eccles house

Fire crews were forced to extinguish a blaze which was started deliberately in Peel Green, Eccles this morning. At 3.20am on Friday 18 March crews from Eccles and...

Police launch arson probe after Walkden fire wrecks garages

Police are investigating a suspected Walkden arson after a fire started on a garden fence spread to and destroyed two garages. Firefighters from Agecroft and Farnworth...

Wood burner warning after home is devastated by fire

Firefighters are reminding people to take care with wood burning stoves after a woman’s home was seriously damaged by fire just weeks before Christmas. Three fire...

Arson fears after fire crews called to Eccles Crown Theatre

Fire crews were called to a derelict former theatre on Liverpool Road in Eccles last night after fears it had caught ablaze. At around 8.50pm on Tuesday 24 November...

Over 19 million homes at risk of fire this Christmas

As 90 percent of Brits admit to decorating their home and garden in the next few weeks, less than a quarter (23 percent) would consider the impact this might have on the...

Pictures: Police shut Broughton Road as fire crews stop former Hollies pub blaze

Police closed a main road in Salford tonight while fire crews managed to stop a former pub from going up in smoke. Three fire crews from Salford, Broughton and Agecroft...

100 years in jail for arsonists as crews await Bonfire Night spike

‘Arson hunters’  – including a crime-sniffing dog – at Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service have be hailed for helping to secure over 100...

Demolition plans for ex-Mainline building after serious Salford fire

A section of derelict building gutted by fire in Salford will have to be demolished so roads and footpaths can  re-open. Seven fire crews were called to the former...