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A house fire that killed a man in his 80s was started by a microwavable wheat bag, the fire service has said. Firefighters were called to a property on Marston Drive, Rhos-on-Sea, Conwy county, at ...

The wheat bag over heated and when firefighters arrived on scene the bag was found charred and smoking. "It just cooked it," Tweed Heads Fire and Rescue NSW Senior Firefighter Bruce Ransome said.

A Coroner has delivered his findings after a May 2019 tragedy, finally revealing the identity of the Springfield Avenue woman who lost her life in a fire — sparked by a stack of wheat bags. On Tuesday ...

Tasmanian coroner Andrew McKee made the recommendation after investigating the death of 90-year-old Phyllis Pears who died in an accidental house fire in West Moonah, Hobart on May 29, 2019. He found ...

Firefighters from West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service were called to reports of a fire in a kitchen in Deman’s Lane, Lindfield, on Saturday, April 24. A spokesman said the crew from Haywards Heath ...

A mother has issued a dire warning to parents after a wheat bag she uses to warm her daughter's bed caught alight. Belle Goldie heated the wheat bag in the microwave, as per the instructions, on ...

Firefighters are reminding residents to take extra care with microwavable wheat bags after an elderly resident suffered a fire in her kitchen. Wheat bags are microwavable bags which are used to ...

A wheat bag heat pack has been blamed for setting fire to a bed in north London. Wheat bags are marketed as a comfortable alternative to a hot water bottle to relieve pain or ward off winter chills.

Wheat bags are marketed as a comfortable alternative to a hot water bottle to relieve pain or ward off winter chills. They are heated in microwaves and popular with the elderly to relieve arthritis, ...