Category Archives: London Fire Brigade

Charity car wash, Croydon Fire Station, Sep 28

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Charity Car Wash, Woodside Fire Station, Aug 31

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Firefighters’ charity car wash, Norbury Fire Station, Aug 26

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Residents living in fear of fire in council-run housing blocks

Posted on August 23, 2019 by

Despite condemning office-to-flat conversions, Croydon Council has been using three such buildings to provide temporary housing. A year after a Fire Brigade inspection found the blocks unsafe, improvement works have still not finished, leaving residents forced to live on a … Continue reading →

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Call for Viridor prosecution over health risks from toxic fire

Posted on August 12, 2019 by

The Environment Agency has been asked to consider bringing a prosecution of Viridor over the fire at their incinerator on Beddington Lane last month, as there is mounting evidence to suggest that toxic fumes were released into the atmosphere during … Continue reading →

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Croydon Fire Station Open Day, Old Town, Aug 31

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Beddington is just one of 14 fires at Viridor plants since 2015

Posted on July 25, 2019 by

Our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION, on a worrying sequence of fires at sites run by one of the country’s biggest incinerator operators which has prompted a call for an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive The fire next to … Continue reading →

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