Five dogs were rescued from a property after a fire that was caused by an overloaded plug socket. Essex County Fire and ...

FIREFIGHTERS raced to a plug socket fire only to find that it had been put out before they arrived. Two fire engines from Worcester were sent to the property, in Pump Street, at 10.51am today (January ...

Overloaded plug sockets are believed to be behind a house blaze in Atherstone. The residents inside evacuated after a fire broke out in the roof space of a property in Stratton Street. They raised the ...

FIRE officers are warning people not to overload plug sockets after a fire ripped through a bedroom this afternoon. Crews were called to the house in Chorley Old Road, Bolton, at around 4.30pm. They ...

Anyone who has a washing machine plugged into their kitchen plug sockets has been issued a warning by fire chiefs. Fire chiefs have issued a stark warning to anyone who has a washing machine in their ...

Firefighters attending the scene of a washing machine blaze discovered it was caused by plug sockets overloaded with more than 60 electrical items. To make matters worse, all of the appliances were ...

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15:47, Tue, Jun 3, 2025 Updated: 15:51, Tue, Jun 3, 2025 Fire chiefs have issued a stark warning to anyone who has a washing machine in their kitchen - because you should never plug it into a double ...