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Stone mum speaks out after house fire forces family from home
A Stone family has been left displaced after a house fire on the Priory Estate caused extensive smoke and water…
Author: Jon Cook
1st January 2026
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Electrical fault causes rescue centre fire
A faulty generator has caused a large blaze at an animal rescue in Eccleshall. At 8.31am today (Monday), Staffordshire Fire and…
Author: Lauren Walker
12th August 2019Hob fire in Stone sparks safety warning
Firefighters are urging people to check their cooking appliances are switched off correctly after use after an elderly lady and…
Author: Jamie Summerfield
21st September 2015Gas cylinders explode in Oulton Heath blaze
Butane cylinders and oil drums exploded in a fire at an outbuilding in Oulton Heath in the early hours of…
Author: Jamie Summerfield
26th February 2014Family’s thank you for community support
The son and daughter of the elderly couple who lost their lives in the tragic house fire in Stone in…
Author: Jamie Summerfield
15th October 2013Wardrobe light fitting caused fatal fire
The cause of a fire at an elderly couple’s house in Stone is believed to have been a wardrobe light…
Author: Jamie Summerfield26th September 2013Elderly couple die in Lichfield Road house fire
An elderly couple died in Stone in a fire at their home in Lichfield Road. Peter Goffe, 86. and his…
Author: Jamie Summerfield24th September 2013Police hunt social club arsonists
A storage container behind Bibbys Social Club in Walton was set on fire deliberately on Saturday night. Two crews from…
Author: Jamie Summerfield11th June 2012Pub blaze caused by lightning
An unused pub in a village near Stone was set on fire in a freak incident which saw lightning strike…
Author: Jamie Summerfield10th May 2011Fire service in holiday grass fires appeal
Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service has launched a new campaign to highlight the dangers of deliberately starting grass fires. The…
Author: Jamie Summerfield13th April 2011Fire service works with religious groups
A Stone reverend was among 80 people who attended a multi-faith fire safety awareness event at Staffordshire Fire and Rescue…
Author: Jamie Summerfield12th November 2010Fire service works with religious groups
Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service is holding a special conference at its Stone headquarters to ask religious groups to help…
Author: Jamie Summerfield5th November 2010Wetherspoon’s Poste of Stone sign catches fire
Firefighters were called to Wetherspoon's Poste of Stone pub on Wednesday after one of the pub’s illuminated signs caught fire.…
Author: Jamie Summerfield4th November 2010
