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'I took a deep breath and ran down the stairs' — workman escapes latest malicious fire in Dundee
A workman had to run to safety after a ''malicious'' fire broke out in a close in Dundee city centre on Thursday — the third fire alleged to have been started deliberately in a common close in the past month. (...)
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Dundee waste-to-energy recycling plant shut for weeks after early-morning blaze
Dundee's waste-to-energy recycling plant will be closed for several weeks following a serious fire at the Baldovie plant. (...)
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Firefighters tackle electrical blaze at Dundee nightclub
Firefighters had to smash their way through the door of a city nightclub after council workers spotted flames coming from a duct on the roofspace. (...)
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Pensioner dies after fire at Servite sheltered housing complex in Errol
An elderly man died after a fire at a Perthshire sheltered housing complex at the weekend — but a working fire alarm system and swift action by fire crews prevented a potentiallly greater loss of life. (...)
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Flat badly damaged in early-evening fire in Dundee
Residents fled from a blaze caused by an electric fire toppling over in a Dundee tenement on Thursday night. (...)
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Board agrees retirement of Tayside Fire and Rescue chief Stephen Hunter
Tayside's chief fire officer Stephen Hunter is to retire, just months before the creation of a Scotland-wide fire service. (...)
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Controlled farm fires send 'horrendous blanket of smoke' across Carnoustie area
People in the Carnoustie area have complained after controlled fires north of the town created a "horrendous blanket of smoke". (...)
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Villagers urged to show community spirit to restore Valleyfield social club
Villagers have been urged to pull together to help rebuild a fire-ravaged social club in time for a birthday party at the end of next week. (...)
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National Express Dundee investigating serious fire on Fintry bus
A plume of black smoke could be seen hanging over Fintry on Wednesday afternoon as a bus burst into flames. (...)
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Crown Office drops proceedings against Kinross fires accused
The Crown Office has decided not to pursue charges against a man accused of fireraising in Kinross. (...)
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Further delay for Petr Adamik fatal accident inquiry
A fatal accident inquiry into how a migrant worker was burned alive in an Angus caravan has been postponed. (...)
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Tayside Fire and Rescue fighting an upsurge in hoax calls
Tayside Fire and Rescue Service received a malicious call every 38 hours in the first two months of 2012. (...)
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Police investigating Gartwhinzean Hotel fire start door-to-door inquiries
Police have been carrying out door-to-door inquiries in Kinross-shire in a bid to catch those responsible for the inferno that engulfed a derelict hotel. (...)
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Investigators treating Gartwhinzean Hotel fire as suspicious
The blaze which ripped through a derelict Kinross-shire hotel on Monday was ''suspicious'', investigators have concluded. (...)
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Derelict Gartwhinzean Hotel destroyed by fire
A large part of a derelict Kinross-shire hotel has been totally destroyed by a ferocious fire that took fire crews most of the day to control. (...)
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Perth Road closed during fire at Spice Indian restaurant
Perth Road in Dundee was closed to traffic as firefighters fought an outbreak in the Spice Indian restaurant on Monday evening. (...)
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Man taken away after two fires in Lochee multis within an hour
Police in Dundee took a man away for questioning after two suspicious fires in neighbouring multis in Lochee within an hour of each other on Sunday. (...)
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Fire on pilot boat means early start for Kinghorn RNLI
Volunteers from Kinghorn's RNLI lifeboat were called into action early on Saturday morning after a pilot boat suffered an engine room fire. (...)
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Biomass plans called into question after Tilbury Power Station fire
Friends of the Earth Scotland repeated its opposition to proposed biomass plants as firefighters battled to contain a major outbreak in a wood-burning power station in Essex. (...)
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Station chief issues smoke alarm reminder after Perth fire
A quick-thinking neighbour has been praised after helping a stricken fire victim from his Perth home. (...)
