By Kim Lishman: Arsonists have attacked the Kidsgrove Scouts base.

Yobs set fire to an outbuilding at the scout base on The Avenue, Kidsgrove, at 10.50am (December 10).

By Kim Lishman: Two sleeping men had to be rescued from the flat blaze in Burton, fire chiefs have revealed.

Crews attended the incident on Branston Road at 1.55 am today (December 10) when a three-storey building which contained nine flats caught fire.

By Kim Lishman: Staffordshire’s fire chief has revealed his concern after a number of deaths involving pensioners.

An 87 year-old man from Tamworth died when an electrical lamp too close to his bedding started a fire in his Ashby Road house.

By Stephanie Carter: People in Staffordshire have been warned not to tackle house fires themselves after a second person from Newcastle-under-Lyme was injured trying to do so.

The latest incident happened yesterday (December 2) at Barrington Court in the May Bank area.

By Alyssa Harrison: Firefighters have issued a warning to people to stay away from frozen rivers and pools after a man risked his life trying to rescue a dog in Stoke-on-Trent.

He ran into the canal off Shelton New Road in an attempt to rescue the animal yesterday afternoon (December 2).

By Carla Regan: Fire chiefs are warning Staffordshire residents of the dangers of frozen lakes and ponds after a number of dogs had to be rescued.

The warning from Staffordshire Fire and Rescue comes as sub-zero temperatures continue to grip the county.

By Daniel Milligan: Staffordshire drivers have been urged to take extra care after a spate of crashes on the region’s roads.

Twenty-nine accidents were recorded from November 20 to 27 as freezing temperatures created difficult driving conditions.

EXCLUSIVE by Beth Hepple, Ted Woodward & Emma Glanfield: Students who escaped a Shelton house fire told today how they were held at knifepoint as their home was torched.

The students, speaking for the first time since the attack, revealed how one of them woke to find an intruder in his room threatening to stab him.

Moments later their house went up in smoke as the man fled the scene on Leek Road.

By Kim Lishman: An elderly woman was taken to hospital after being hurt trying to tackle a chip pan fire in her home.

The 87-year-old suffered smoke inhalation in the fire on Kenilworth Grove, Maybank at 9pm last night (November 18).

By Dean Wilson: Arsonists set fire to the same abandoned Staffordshire pub twice in one night.

Fire crews were called out to the unoccupied Green Man Public House on Ashbourne Road, Leek at about 1am.