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Luton Airport Terminal 2 Car Park Fire. Image: BFRS
Passengers have been told not to travel to Luton Airport this morning after a huge fire in a new car park broke out last night. The blaze broke out overnight in the Terminal Car Park 2 and caused...
e-scooter image Shutterstock R.Classen
Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service (BFRS) has issued a warning of the dangers of low-quality e-bikes and e-scooters that may have unsafe batteries which have led to fires. The popularity of electric...
Beds Fire and Rescue
It has been confirmed that an 18-year-old who was in a critical condition after getting in trouble at Cardington lock on Friday (16 June), passed away in hospital later that day. The young man was playing...
Lola, a German Shepherd dog, rescued by Bedford Fire crews
Crews from Bedford Fire Station leapt into action yesterday (Monday) after reports of a dog in trouble in the river in Shefford. Lola, a German Shepherd, found herself in trouble in the water and in urgent...
A restaurant at Riverside Bedford is closed "until further notice" following a fire that broke out in the kitchen in the early hours of this morning (Saturday). Fire services were called to Foxy Wings...
Car fire Greyfriars 9 May 2023 Image David Wright
There were dramatic scenes in Bedford town this afternoon after a car caught fire outside QD on Greyfriars, and local man David Wright managed to capture the action. In a public post on...
Fire services were called to the site of a former middle school in Kempston yesterday evening (Sunday) when two fires broke out in the derelict buildings. Robert Bruce Middle...
Beds Fire and Rescue
Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service (BFRS) is using a “disturbing” review of the London Fire Brigade to continue to improve, a meeting heard. Chief fire officer, Andrew Hopkinson...
Fire and Rescue incident
Students have been sent home from Daubney School after Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue (BFRS) were called to a fire at the Kempston School. A statement on the school's Twitter page...
Fire and Rescue incident
Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service say they're tackling a "large fire" at the derelict Robert Bruce Middle School in Kempston. People are being advised to avoid the area to allow...
Fire fighter tackling grass field wild fire
Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service (BFRS) has issued a warning to Bedordians after tackling several wildfires in the last few weeks, including one in Great Denham and another in Wyboston...
A large fire broke out at a waste management site in Elstow on Saturday morning (6 August), requiring eight fire engines to put it out. Around 60 tonnes of household waste at the Veolia Waste Management...