Fire crews remove wooden block from child’s thumb in Milton Keynes

Crews used a ring cutter to release the wooden block which had become stuck on the child’s thumb.

And yesterday (7/7) a fire that started in a bin store spread to an underground parking area damaging two cars.

The incident happened at 1.48am, at a four-storey block of flats in North Second Street, which were evacuted.

A bin storage cupboard, below the flats, was well alight when fire crews arrived.

A first-floor flat suffered smoke logging with Police notified of the incident.

> Crews also attended a collision involving three cars at Blackmoor Gate, Furzton, at 8.25pm on Wednesday. (6/7)

Firefighters used saws and small gear to cut away trees and bushes to release a woman from her car while a man had managed to get out of his car before they arrived.

Both were cared for by South Central Ambulance Service.