As the warm, sunny weather arrives in time for the school holidays and the temptation to jump into rivers and lakes to cool off increases, parents are being urged to remind young people of the risks of swimming in open water. Having already seen a number o ...

At 4.25pm on Sunday (6) crews Ely, Littleport, Cottenham, Chatteris, Cambridge and Newmarket (Suffolk) were called to a house fire on Bury Green in Little Downham. Wearing breathing apparatus firefighters used hose reels to extinguish the fire before retur ...

At 1am on Monday (7) crews from Dogsthorpe and Peterborough Volunteer Fire Brigade were called to a vehicle fire on Mowbray Road in Peterborough. Wearing breathing apparatus firefighters used a hose reel to extinguish the fire before returning to their sta ...

At 5.27pm on Tuesday (8) two crews from Cambridge were called to a road traffic collision involving three vehicles on High Street in Harston. Using specialist equipment firefighters released a casualty who was left in the care of ambulance crews. The crews ...

At 7.53pm on Tuesday (8) crews from Peterborough Volunteer Fire Brigade and Dogsthorpe were called to a flat fire on St John’s Street in Peterborough. Wearing breathing apparatus, firefighters used hose reels to extinguish the fire and cleared the smoke us ...

At 11.23pm on Tuesday (8) crews from Cambridge and Sawston were called to a chimney fire on New Road in Sawston. Firefighters used small gear to extinguish the fire and returned to their stations by 1.20am. The cause of the fire was accidental. A fire serv ...

At 8.47pm on Tuesday (8) crews from Stanground and Peterborough Volunteer Fire Brigade were called to a road traffic collision involving two vehicles on Pearces Road in Peterborough. Using specialist equipment firefighters released a casualty who was left ...

At 8.12am on Tuesday (8) two crews from Cambridge were called to a house fire on Green Park in Cambridge. Wearing breathing apparatus, firefighters used hose reels to extinguish the fire and cleared the smoke using a positive pressure ventilation fan. The ...

At 7.21pm on Wednesday (9) crews from Gamlingay and Cambridge were called to a building fire on Newmarket Road in Fen Ditton. Firefighters used a hose reel to extinguish the fire before returning to their stations by 8.30pm. The cause of the fire was accid ...

At 2.56am on Friday (11) a crew from Dogsthorpe was called to a vehicle fire on Star Road in Peterborough. Wearing breathing apparatus firefighters used a hose reel to extinguish a fire involving two cars before returning to their station by 4.30am. The ca ...