Photo: Churchill CollegeChurchill inspects bomb damage in London on Sept. 10, 1940; firemen seem to pay no mind. The Blitz enhanced the public standing of the fire service, and Churchill dubbed its members "Heroes with grimy faces."
February 14, 2012
February 11, 2012
COVENT GARDEN
March 5, 1856 - Fire destroyed the Covent Garden Theatre in London. A bystander reported: "The flames had burst through the roof, throwing high up into the air columns of fire, which threw into bright reflection every tower and spire within the circuit of the metropolis, illuminating St. Paul’s as if gilded with burnished gold."
ARCHWAY
Photo: Nat BockingJuly 21, 2004 - Decontamination after chemical spill at Archway roundabout
SHOREDITCH SHOUT
Photo: Stephen McKayMarch 11, 2010 - View from City Road of fire on Worship Street.
SOHO CASE CLOSED
On Aug. 15, 1980, a man ejected from a Soho night club returned with a can of gasoline and set a blaze that killed 37 people - London's deadliest fire since the blitz.
In early 2012, a reader of the London Fire Journal requested assistance in locating the wife of a relative who died in that tragedy. The reader, from Panama, had lost touch with the relative's wife shortly after the fire and life moved on.
On April 14, 2012, the Fire Journal received information from London that helped bring the case to a close. We are pleased to report it appears to be a happy ending!
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February 10, 2012
FAST EDDIE
Photo: Green County, Missouri, jailA former London firefighter wanted in a 1993 bank heist in Suffolk was arrested Feb. 9, 2012, in the U.S. state of Missouri on firearms charges. Edward "Fast Eddie" John Maher, 56, had been living under his brother's name since the $1.5 million robbery from a bank van. Maher was a member of the London Fire Brigade for 12 years and served as sub-officer at the Euston station in central London. He resigned in 1991, according to Fire Engineering magazine's website.
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