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Bedford School Fire
It's a typical day at Bedford School, quiet with just the faint murmur of school boys in their lessons. But 40 years ago the scene was very different. On 3 March 1979...
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...
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...
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...
Bedford Fire and Rescue Bedford North Wing Fire
What started as a "small fire" at Bedford's 'North Wing' Hospital last night, turned into a major emergency with over 60 firefighters from Bedford, Kempston, Potton, Luton and...
Bedfordians have been reacting to last night's fire which destroyed Shires House, a part of the former Bedford Hospital North Wing. Shires House was a Grade II listed...
Emergency Services are searching the River Great Ouse near the Swan Hotel.
Emergency services are currently "searching the river" along Bedford's Embankment. Bedfordshire Police, Bedfordshire Fire & Rescue, East Anglia Ambulances and the East Anglian...
Redwood Grove explosion police cordon
Structural engineers have told emergency services investigating the Redwood Grove explosion that they may be able to search the main affected block of flats quicker than expected...
Fire recruits
Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service’s (BFRS) On-Call Firefighter trainee programme has welcomed five new recruits. After a selection process...
Bedfordshire Fire crews were in attendance at Sainsbury's in the Saxon Centre, Kempston on Monday (4 July) after a fire broke out. The store signage and part of the fascia was...
Beds Fire and Rescue
A man with “an unhealthy fascination with fire” went on an arson spree putting lives at risk and causing more than one-and-a-half million pounds worth of damage in the process...