At 09:53 on the 20th December 2025, two fire engines from Hyndburn and Blackburn responded to a building fire on Blackburn Road, Darwen. The fire involved a log burner on the ground floor of a mid-terraced domestic property and was extinguished by firefighters using two breathing apparatus, one hose reel and a thermal imaging camera. A pulse oximeter was also used on scene as one casualty was checked over for smoke inhalation by firefighters. Fire crews were in attendance for approximately thirty-five minutes.
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