Investigation launched after malicious call to Darwen firefighters

3:37pm Sunday 21st October 2012 in News

AN investigation is now underway after a false alarm brought Darwen firefighters to a town landmark in the early hours of Saturday.

Firefighters received a report that the old Liberal Club in Hollins Grove, Falcon Avenue, was ablaze, just before 1am.

But crew manager Pete Derbyshire said that when firefighters arrived at the scene there was no sign of any incident.

The telephone number of the original caller has been retained and has now been passed to Darwen police for investigation.

Comments (5)

4:49pm Sun 21 Oct 12

Libra1 says...

Idiots , what if there was a real fire elsewhere and innocent people were hurt? Catch these idiots and give them a hefty fine / punishment and that should put other people off attempting these mindless acts.
Idiots , what if there was a real fire elsewhere and innocent people were hurt? Catch these idiots and give them a hefty fine / punishment and that should put other people off attempting these mindless acts. Libra1

6:57pm Sun 21 Oct 12

2 for 5p says...

When yOu said landmark I thought it would of been Darwen Tower, now sorry but that would of been funny.
When yOu said landmark I thought it would of been Darwen Tower, now sorry but that would of been funny. 2 for 5p

12:35pm Mon 22 Oct 12

darwen12 says...

2 for 5p wrote:
When yOu said landmark I thought it would of been Darwen Tower, now sorry but that would of been funny.
And why would that be funny you moron
[quote][p][bold]2 for 5p[/bold] wrote: When yOu said landmark I thought it would of been Darwen Tower, now sorry but that would of been funny.[/p][/quote]And why would that be funny you moron darwen12

4:18pm Mon 22 Oct 12

Malthus says...

As someone who used to take the initial 999 and then filter the call to the relevant emergency service I know that all calls are recorded. Would it not be possible to allow access, via an audio file, so that we could listen to these calls. I am sure that if this could be done the perpetrators would soon be caught.
As someone who used to take the initial 999 and then filter the call to the relevant emergency service I know that all calls are recorded. Would it not be possible to allow access, via an audio file, so that we could listen to these calls. I am sure that if this could be done the perpetrators would soon be caught. Malthus

4:18pm Mon 22 Oct 12

Malthus says...

As someone who used to take the initial 999 and then filter the call to the relevant emergency service I know that all calls are recorded. Would it not be possible to allow access, via an audio file, so that we could listen to these calls. I am sure that if this could be done the perpetrators would soon be caught.
As someone who used to take the initial 999 and then filter the call to the relevant emergency service I know that all calls are recorded. Would it not be possible to allow access, via an audio file, so that we could listen to these calls. I am sure that if this could be done the perpetrators would soon be caught. Malthus

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