Fire chiefs in Cheshire say they can maintain improvements in public safety, despite having to find £1.9 million savings.
Members of the Fire Authority were told to expect ongoing cuts of 8% a year from central Government funding – savings of nearly £8 million over the next four years.
A fire which injured a man and woman after raging through a Nantwich house, is being treated as accidental.
The blaze broke out in the first floor of a property on Western Avenue, near Brine Leas School in Nantwich.
A man and woman were rescued from a house fire in Nantwich today (October 27)
The blaze broke out in a property on Western Avenue, Nantwich, at about 4.30pm.
Police and fire chiefs are treating a blaze at a Crewe youth centre as suspected arson.
The fire on Mirion Street badly damaged the vacant building, caused chaos on surrounding roads during busy peak period.
Dozens of South Cheshire fire fighters battled with this major blaze after a youth centre in Crewe went up in flames.
The blaze broke out in a building on Mirion Street, Crewe.
This is the devastation caused by a lorry fire which closed the A500 for most of yesterday (July 24).
These pictures show the after-math of the HGV blaze on the westbound side of the A500 between the A5020 and the Shavington turn-off.
Police have closed the A500 between the M6 and Nantwich as fire crews tackle a lorry blaze.
A large amount of hay being transported by the lorry is on fire, and large plumes of smoke are covering the Shavington bypass carriageways.
A Nantwich pub had to be evacuated today (July 4) after a kitchen went up in smoke.
Staff and customers fled from the White Horse pub on Pillory Street as the blaze started in a fryer.
Fire crews are warning residents to check on the safety of kitchen appliances after a blaze at a house in Nantwich. The fire broke out at a property on Barony Court involving a tumble dryer.
Roads around Nantwich were gridlocked for much of yesterday as the town’s Jazz Festival swung into its third day. A crash on the M6 motorway in the morning led to a closure between junctions 17 and 18 and thousands of vehicles using surrounding routes.
A house blaze in Nantwich was sparked by a tumble dryer, fire crews say. The fire broke out in a three-storey town house on Capel Way, Nantwich, last night (April 8) at 10.40pm.
Fire crews tackled a large blaze involving sheds and conifer trees at a property on Weaver Road in Nantwich. Firefighters from Nantwich and Crewe used breathing apparatus and four hose reels to fight the fire.
A woman has died after a house fire in Wistaston. The victim was found by fire crews from Nantwich and Crewe as they searched the property on Prior Close, Wistaston.
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