Emergency services / Exact cause of Moorfield Hotel fire remains unclearAn investigation into the blaze however pinpointed a Sky satellite box enclosure within a laundry store as the likely origin
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Emergency services / Scatsta Airport to host fire training next weekIt will be the first time this type of training has been carried out in Shetland
Business / Engineering firm offers new service after sprinkler systems became mandatory in most new homes
Emergency services / People asked to be ‘mindful’ when leaving vehicles after access to fire station parking blocked
Emergency services / Astray fire engine a ‘very, very rare’ event
Emergency services / Steep rise in number of accidental house fires
Community / Historic Yell house set for demolition after fire
Business / Moorfield Hotel owner to sell site following fire
Police / Emergency services respond after two-vehicle accident in Trondra
Police / Emergency services airwaves restored after fault
Emergency services / Mussel farm boss thanks emergency services for swift action
Community / Fire safety in care homes should be as robust as possible, councillor says
Emergency services / Man rescued from house fire in Lerwick
Emergency services / Fire service embarks on recruitment driveNew station commander Neil Gillespie also takes up post in Shetland
Emergency services / Normal service resumes at Brae fire station after positive Covid test
Emergency services / Fair Isle blaze was detected within half an hour, fire chief clarifies
Emergency services / Fire on fish carrier
Emergency services / Fire service says no plans at this stage for height applianceThe call for equipment to allow firefighters to reach greater heights was made after the Moorfield Hotel blaze in late July
Community / Moorfield staff thank community for ‘incredible generosity’ after fire
Emergency services / Fire service hands over Moorfield site to police as investigations continueShetland fire chief Matt Mason said the fire had been “extremely challenging”
Community / Moorfield worker who lost belongings in fire says it was ‘heartbreaking’ to see hotel burn downAmong the items Malin Roberts lost in the Moorfield Hotel was an original photo from her grandparents’ wedding
Emergency services / Moorfield owner reflects on devastating fireFire crews initially hoped they would be able to extinguish the fire
Letters / In defence of the Scottish Building Standards System
Emergency services / Investigation underway after huge fire destroys Moorfield HotelPraise for fire crews as community rallies to help those who were evacuated from the blaze
Updated All accounted for as fire destroys Moorfield HotelA clothes donation campaign was set up to help those who have ‘lost all their belongings’
Marine / Grieg Seafood lose 200,000 juvenile salmon in fire
Emergency services / No-one injured in hatchery fire
Updated Fire crews extinguish tractor fireFirefighters also alerted to incident on boat in Lerwick but they were not needed
Emergency services / Crews called out to kitchen fire in Cunningsburgh
Emergency services / ‘Very difficult conversations’ during Fair Isle fire debrief
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