Emergency news


Postie puts out fire in Foote’s Lane flats

PEOPLE had to be evacuated from their Foote’s Lane homes yesterday morning after a pressure cooker exploded.


Four abandon ship as engine bay burns

FOUR French sailors were rescued after their boat caught fire outside St Peter Port Harbour yesterday.


Ormerer impaled in fall on rusty spike

A MAN was impaled on an oyster bed spike while ormering.


Final warning

EARLY-WARNING sirens are being taken down and replaced with text messages and media alerts.


Things do happen, says relieved pilot

The pilot of a light aircraft who made an emergency landing in Alderney on Monday was philosophical about the incident yesterday.


Four minutes from disaster

THREE men were within four minutes of disaster when their failing light aircraft made it to Alderney yesterday.


‘Who’d be a hero when you have to pay for it?’

A FORMER fireman who risked his life to save others got two bills for his trouble.


Thanks a million!

GUERNSEY'S Final Hour appeal has raised enough money to feed more than one million people in Sudan for a day.

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