We look at some of the serious and most shocking incidents dealt with by brave fire crews in and around Sheffield in recent times as they battled to save lives, homes and businesses.
![A fatal flat fire at a property on St Lawrence Road, near St Lawrence Glebe, at Tinsley, Sheffield, was reported to have been deliberate but not suspicious. Emergency services were alerted to a blaze in a block of flats and found the body of a man in 2018. Nigel Chatterton, named locally, perished in his flat and a multi-agency investigation into the cause of the blaze was launched. It was revealed on November 2, 2018, that the fire was started deliberately but was not being treated as suspicious by South Yorkshire Police.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjgwMTg4ZjM5LWI5NmQtNDRjMy1hYzMwLWQzYWYxMTUxMzM3ODo0ODY4ZTcwNy04NjNmLTQyZWYtYWU3NS00OTljMmI2NDMxNzE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
9. Fatal flat fire at St Lawrence Road, near St Lawrence Glebe, at Tinsley, Sheffield, was reported to have been deliberate but not suspicious
A fatal flat fire at a property on St Lawrence Road, near St Lawrence Glebe, at Tinsley, Sheffield, was reported to have been deliberate but not suspicious. Emergency services were alerted to a blaze in a block of flats and found the body of a man in 2018. Nigel Chatterton, named locally, perished in his flat and a multi-agency investigation into the cause of the blaze was launched. It was revealed on November 2, 2018, that the fire was started deliberately but was not being treated as suspicious by South Yorkshire Police. Photo: Submitted
![Residents were in shock after an elderly man died in a house fire on New Cross Drive, at Woodhouse, Sheffield, in March, 2019. The man died after a blaze took hold at the property in the early hours of the morning. The fire broke out in a ground floor room adjacent to the kitchen, according to the fire service.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmM1MTg2MDc0LTkyZWUtNDViZS05YWFkLTM4YmVhYmQyYWFjMzpiODNkZTUxNC0zYTg4LTRiZjUtOTk0ZS1iZTc2YTU0ZTNiMmI=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
10. Elderly man died in a house fire on New Cross Drive, at Woodhouse, Sheffield
Residents were in shock after an elderly man died in a house fire on New Cross Drive, at Woodhouse, Sheffield, in March, 2019. The man died after a blaze took hold at the property in the early hours of the morning. The fire broke out in a ground floor room adjacent to the kitchen, according to the fire service. Photo: Submitted
![Sheffield's most historic and haunted pub Carbrook Hall, at Attercliffe, was damaged in an arson attack. Petrol or oil was thrown through a window in spring, 2018, causing smoke and fire damage inside the Grade II listed building. Firefighters extinguished the flames and an investigation established that the blaze was started deliberately.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjYxNjM2NzY3LWRlNDItNDhjOS04NjZlLWU5OWRiZDg1ZDMwNTpkNGYzOWM3Yy1kYjcxLTQwZGMtYTRkNy02Y2ZjOGRlOGU3MWI=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
11. Carbrook Hall, at Attercliffe, Sheffield
Sheffield's most historic and haunted pub Carbrook Hall, at Attercliffe, was damaged in an arson attack. Petrol or oil was thrown through a window in spring, 2018, causing smoke and fire damage inside the Grade II listed building. Firefighters extinguished the flames and an investigation established that the blaze was started deliberately. Photo: Submitted
![A massive blaze ripped through the derelict Dalton Progressive Working Men’s Club, in Rotherham, in early 2018 as firefighters battled for several hours to put out the blaze which the fire service stated had been started deliberately. The club had closed in 2017 to make way for plans to open up a Lidl supermarket on the site.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmE5OWQzN2Q5LWZjYmMtNDY3YS1hNTU0LWQ4YjkwN2VkMzdkNDpjZjZiNDk5Ni04MjYxLTRiYmItOTk0Mi0yZTc1NzMwNjAwOGM=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
12. Derelict Dalton Progressive Working Men’s Club, in Rotherham, was destroyed by a massive fire.
A massive blaze ripped through the derelict Dalton Progressive Working Men’s Club, in Rotherham, in early 2018 as firefighters battled for several hours to put out the blaze which the fire service stated had been started deliberately. The club had closed in 2017 to make way for plans to open up a Lidl supermarket on the site. Photo: Submitted