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Air emergency after landing gear hitch
Thursday 11.12.08
A “FULL EMERGENCY” was declared at Dundee Airport yesterday when a plane developed a fault with its landing gear.

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Wheelie bin fire danger warning
Tuesday 2.12.08
Firefighters are warning of the risk to life after hundreds of wheelie bins were set on fire in Dundee.

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Man dies in fire at Montrose house
Monday 1.12.08
A 54-YEAR-old man died in a fire at the warden’s house in Blackfriars Court, Western Road, Montrose, on Saturday.

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Towards a Safer Tayside Consultation Document 2008
Friday 28.11.08
Tayside Fire and Rescue has launched its consultation document “Towards a Safer Tayside” which details proposed plans for 2009/10 and is keen to hear the views on the plans from the people of Tayside.

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Crews battle city centre blaze
Friday 21.11.08
FIREFIGHTERS WERE struggling to control a fire in a top floor flat in Dundee city centre last night.

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City centre flat blaze “suspicious”
Friday 21.11.08
A blaze that ripped through a Dundee city centre flat is being treated as suspicious, police confirmed today (writes David Clegg).

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Smoke alarm saved my life
Thursday 20.11.08
A Dundee man who was fast asleep in his flat when his electric water boiler caught fire today told how a smoke detector saved his life (writes Graeme Strachan).

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Stricken driver rescued from freezing waters
Thursday 20.11.08
THERE WERE dramatic scenes as fire and rescue crews used throw lines and life belts to reach a man who got trapped as he attempted to cross the River Earn in Perthshire on Saturday.

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Big crowds flock to sky pyrotechnics
Friday 7.11.08
THE DREICH weather failed to dampen the spirits as people turned out in droves to the spectacular fireworks displays in Dundee last night.

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Man loses foot after grain silo accident
Wednesday 29.10.08
A 51-YEAR-OLD man was last night in a serious condition in hospital following a horrific accident in which he lost a foot after falling into a grain silo machine in Perthshire.

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