First reported by Island Echo
INDUSTRIAL CONTAINER BLAZE IN NEWPORT PROMPTS FIRE SERVICE RESPONSE
Multiple fire crews are tackling an industrial fire at Prices Garage in Pan this evening (Monday). 3 appliances are in attendance alongside a fire officer at the scene on Pan Lane, with thick black smoke being seen from across Newport....
Read moreDetailsFIREFIGHTERS ATTEND OCEAN HOTEL SITE FOR THIRD DAY RUNNING
Firefighters from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are in attendance at the site of the former Ocean Hotel for the third time in 3 days. Sandown’s retained appliance was called to the scene at Sandown High...
Read moreDetailsCOASTGUARD HELICOPTER AIR CREW LANDED AT SEACLOSE
Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team have been tasked to Seaclose Park in order to secure a helicopter landing site this afternoon (Monday). It comes just hours after the team was asked to facilitate the landing of a replacement rescue helicopter at...
Read moreDetailsOCEAN HOTEL FIRE BEING TREATED AS ARSON BUT CAUSE UNKNOWN
Police have confirmed that a fire at the Ocean Hotel in Sandown is being treated as arson, but the exact cause has not yet been established and no arrests have made. Shortly before 20:30 on Saturday night, Hampshire & Isle...
Read moreDetailsSCHOOL ISSUES WARNING TO PARENTS AFTER CHILD APPROACHED BY STRANGER
Several reports of children being approached by strangers have led to a warning being issued by an Isle of Wight primary school this morning (Monday). According to a message sent to parents and carers of pupils at Carisbrooke C of...
Read moreDetailsGROUNDED HELICOPTER LEADS TO IMPROMPTU MEDIVAC FROM SEACLOSE PARK
Multiple agencies have been in attendance at Newport’s Seaclose Park this morning (Monday) to facilitate an impromptu medi-vac. An issue with HM Coastguard’s Rescue Helicopter 175 meant that the aircraft was grounded on St Mary’s Hospital helipad shortly after landing...
Read moreDetails1-BOAT SERVICE ON RED FUNNEL’S VEHICLE FERRY THROUGHOUT MONDAY
Red Funnel will be running a 1-boat service on Monday due to a mechanical fault on its Red Osprey vehicle ferry. The service will be running a revised timetable, and sailings will be at: From Southampton to East Cowes 03:00...
Read moreDetailsRYDE RESCUE LAUNCHED TO ASSIST MOTORBOAT OFF PRIORY BAY
Volunteer crew members from Ryde Rescue were tasked to assist a motorboat off Priory Bay this afternoon (Sunday). The inshore lifeboat was called into action by HM Coastguard at 11:46 after a message was received from the vessel and its...
Read moreDetailsMOTORCYCLIST INJURED IN LAKE COLLISION
Emergency services are in attendance at a road traffic collision involving a motorbike and a car in Lake this afternoon (Sunday). Several Police units and 2 ambulances paramedics from the Isle of Wight ambulance service are attending to a motorcyclist....
Read moreDetailsPOLICE SEEK WITNESSES TO SANDOWN HOTEL BLAZE
Hampshire Constabulary is appealing for information following a blaze at the derelict Ocean Hotel in Sandown last night (Saturday). As first reported by Island Echo, appliances from the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were mobilised to...
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