June 2009 Archives

Staines' firefighters were called to two bonfire fires in two nights.

On Sunday June 21 at 8.36pm in Long Lane, Stanwell, crews were called to a bonfire which went out of control.

The following night at 10pm, crews from Staines and Sunbury were called to Chertsey Road, Staines, where they took an hour to put out another out of control bonfire.

A small kitchen fire started in a Stanwell home in the early hours of Sunday June 21.

Fire crews from Staines and Sunbury attended Whitelea Close at 1.20am and took around 20 minutes putting out the blaze.

It is not being treated as suspicious, and although no one was injured, firemen gave out advice on fire alarms.

Firefighters from Staines were called to a suspicious fire in the early hours of Friday June 5.

The firemen visited Clyde Road, in Stanwell, on reports of an undergrowth fire at 2.50am.

They spent around 25 minutes putting out the blaze.

A 40-year-old man was taken to hospital on Monday June 1 with leg injuries.

Ambulance crews were called to a road traffic collision in Cambria Gardens at 7pm after a motorbike collided with a car.

The man was taken to St Peter's Hospital, in Chertsey.

Four people were arrested during a police scheme to crack down on motoring crime and anti-social driving.

Operation Quake took place on Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 May in Ashford and Stanwell and stopped 108 vehicles, with two arrested for disqualified driving and two arrested for theft of cars.

Fixed penalty notices were issued to 25 drivers and 12 vehicles were seized.

Spelthorne neighbourhood inspector Sarah Greenhalgh said: "I hope these positive results demonstrate how seriously North Surrey Police is taking the issue of anti-social driving. "