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Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service have issued a safety warning after a house in Leyland went up in flames as a result of an overloaded plug socket. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to ...

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Fire crews were sent to a popular Potteries pub after reports of 'smoke coming from a plug socket'. The incident has shut ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...