Fire service says poor parking risks lives

Poor parking is preventing fire engines from being able to attend life-threatening emergencies in Northamptonshire.

Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service reports that its appliances struggle to pass along roads where cars have been badly parked

In Wellingborough, Rothwell and Irthlingborough appliances are struggling to pass through streets where vehicles have been double parked, and parked down both sides of a narrow street or on double yellow lines.

On one occasion cars parked outside a...

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