Councillors and residents have expressed frustration at the lack of progress being made in the police investigation into a suspected arson attack which destroyed children’s play equipment in Meade Park. The parish council is now looking at installing CCTV cameras in the park and has opened a public consultation on options for replacing the destroyed play equipment.
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A large wooden play fort in Meade Park, Stoke Gifford, which had been renewed at a cost of almost £30,000 less than two years ago, has been destroyed by fire. A fire service report says the cause of the incident is “thought to have been deliberate ignition”. The parish council says it intends to replace the facility “as quickly as possible”.
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Dramatic scenes in Bush Avenue, Little Stoke, on Sunday night (10th April) saw a mother and two children escape from a blazing semi-detached house. Approximately 30 firefighters from Patchway, Avonmouth, Southmead, Temple, Kingswood and Yate attended the incident, which was first reported to the emergency services at 8.25pm.
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A woman and her 13-year-old nephew had a lucky escape after a fire at a flat in Stoke Gifford yesterday evening (Wednesday 4th September). One fire engine from Southmead Fire Station and another from Patchway Fire Station attended the incident in Great Swanmoor Close (off New Road, near the Travis Perkins store). When crews arrived they found the woman, thought to
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A man was treated for smoke inhalation after a fire in the kitchen of his home in Tetbury Close, Little Stoke, last night (Friday 4th January). Two appliances from Patchway fire station attended the incident at around 7:50pm and firefighters using breathing apparatus and a thermal imaging camera deployed a hose reel to extinguish the flames. Firefighters administered oxygen to
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