N.Ireland
JCB burn-out prompts machinery fire warning
A recent issue involving a JCB which went on fire has prompted a warning on the dangers of machinery fires...
Farm fire
Rural Life
Firefighters say Cambridgeshire shed fire was started deliberately
Firefighters have said a blaze which destroyed an estimated 100t of straw and machinery in Cambridgeshire was started deliberately. It...
Rural Life
Arsonists cause more than £250,000 of damage to Borders farm
A hayshed fire thought to have been started deliberately has destroyed more than £250,000 of property on a farm near...
Agri-Business
21,000 chicks killed in Preston poultry farm fire
Around 21,000 chicks have died in a poultry farm fire in Preston, Lancashire on Tuesday (November 13). A single-storey building measuring...
N.Ireland
Man dies in Co. Antrim farmhouse fire
A man in his 50s has died in a farmhouse fire in Toomebridge, Co. Antrim last night (November 14, 2018). Five firefighters...
Rural Life
Nottinghamshire cattle market fire being treated as arson
An investigation into a fire at the cattle market in Nottinghamshire has determined the fire was started deliberately. Police are...
Rural Life
3-day hay shed burn-out in UK ’caused deliberately’
A large-scale fire that took three days for firefighters to extinguish completely on a farm in the UK is thought...
Rural Life
1,000 bales destroyed in ‘suspicious’ UK farm fire
Police are appealing for witnesses following a suspicious fire in which 1,000 bales of hay were destroyed yesterday evening (Wednesday,...
N.Ireland
Cow and calves killed in farm arson attack
A cow and two calves died in a farm shed fire which is thought to have been set alight deliberately...
Rural Life
Barn containing 1,500t of silage and 200 bales goes ablaze
A large barn went on fire in rural Lancashire last night (Thursday, September 6), resulting in 60 firefighters being called in...
Rural Life
'Quick thinking' ploughing halts crop fires across England
Fire crews and farmers worked together over the weekend to stop the spread of fires across fields of standing crops....
N.Ireland
'I don't know how I'll start to rebuild it all' - 'Rare Breed' farmer on devastating inferno
A Co. Antrim farmer whose shed burned down at the weekend has said he has been left with no option...
N.Ireland
'Rare Breed' farmer loses straw and machinery in major shed blaze
A well-known Co. Antrim farmer has lost his winter supply of hay and straw after a shed fire destroyed thousands...
