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BBC News
14-07-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
Drone image shows damage of field fire in Wollaston
Images taken by a search and rescue team's drone have shown the damage caused by a field were called to a blaze at a farm in the Shepherds Hill area close to Wollaston, near Wellingborough, at 13.40 BST on were assisted by volunteers from Northamptonshire Search and Rescue (NSAR), which used its drone to capture aerial pictures to help the fire commanders assess the said a pre-flight check had identified an "imminent low-flight event and our pilot delayed launch for 4 mins while the Red Arrows passed close by". Safety warning The blaze damaged standing crops and farm machinery. At its height, there were six fire engines and a water bowser at the followed another field fire at Corby on Thursday. Firefighters used wildfire backpacks and beaters to put it Sunday, there was also a fire at a thatched property in the village of fire service has issued fresh warnings about increased risks during the warm a post on social media it said: "Due to the hot weather we have had, the ground is dry, and fires can spread quickly – so please take care." Follow Northamptonshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
05-07-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Fire and asbestos complicate old Norwich shoe factory demolition
Fire damage, asbestos, and the location of a derelict shoe factory have created "significant demolition challenges", experts from more than a dozen stations tackled January's blaze at the former Van-Dal shoe factory on Dibden Road in director of Anglian Demolition Lee Storer said there was "no rule book" about how to dismantle a site like praised local residents for their patience and confirmed the team remained on track to complete the demolition in two weeks' time. Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service said the blaze damaged up to 75% of the building and took between three and four hours to bring under of the site was under way, and Mr Storer said it was a challenging job due to the location being in a tight residential said local residents had been fantastic and appreciated "the complexities of the job". As well as the location, he said the job was challenging due to structural damage caused by the fire and the dangerous building materials used in its City Council said at the time of the fire, the site contained asbestos and it was arranging for tests to be carried out."You have got to try to predict what the building's going to do under those sorts of conditions," Mr Storer said."There is no rule book for it because the damage is quite extensive in the structure of the building."If you're pulling one part of the building down, you have to consider how it affects the next part." Norfolk Police has since dropped its investigation into the attended a blaze at the same location in site is owned by Flagship Homes. Managing director Tony Tann said he wanted to create affordable properties that Norwich "urgently needs"."This is about creating homes, communities and places where people can thrive," he closure of the facility, Norwich's last remaining shoe factory, was announced in 2018. Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
CTV News
12-06-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Demolition coming for empty fire damaged building on Main Street
The vacant burnt out building that the city is looking to demolish on Main Street. Uploaded June 11, 2025. (Jeff Keele/CTV News Winnipeg) The City of Winnipeg is looking for a contractor to do a wet demolition of a fire damaged building on Main Street. Wet demolition is a process to safely remove asbestos. A fire broke out at the vacant commercial building at 881 Main St. nearly four years ago. At the time, CTV News reported it was set for demolition. Beside the building is a burnt out church that caught fire twice in the last year. Coun. Ross Eadie said the city will pay for the work and then transfer the costs to the owner's property tax bill. 'The time limit is up. (The city) gave them a grace period and now they're putting out, and they're going to hire a company. The city will pay them to do a wet demolition,' said Eadie. It's a new policy, stemming from scores of problem properties plaguing inner-city neighbourhoods, where owners are dragging their feet on cleaning them up. A mountain of rubble, which once stood on the Sherbrooke Street lot, was one of the catalysts. The pile was left over for more than two years from an apartment building fire until the city stepped in, cleaned it up, and put the cost on the property tax bill.
