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THE swift actions of two sisters who were out exercising in Redditch could have prevented a major tragedy. Two young women noticed smoke billowing out from the garage of a home in Oakenshaw Road yesterday evening (Wednesday, February 10). They quickly called the fire service just after 8pm, and three crews of firefighters rushed to the scene. The sisters then banged on the door of the house, which was occupied by a family of four with two young children. Everyone was able to escape fr...

Dunns Lane & Waterside, Upton closed Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service said it had attended two reports of cars stuck in flood water on the A443. The first was at around 10.30pm last night when firefighters attended a car stuck on the road near Elms Hotel, Abberley. The firefighters saud the occupant of car had managed to escape the vehicle without their assistance, before they arrived. And this morning, at 05.53am, a water rescue team rescued a person from vehicle in flo...