Saturday 2 April 2011

Landlord fined £135,000 for inadequate fire precautions

A landlord has been fined £135,000 and ordered to pay £23,000 costs for breaching fire safety regulations when he appeared at Exeter Crown Court on March 29, 2011.

On February 14, 2008 a fire occurred at the premises, which was sub-divided into flats up to four storeys high. The fire, which started on the ground floor, spread throughout the building, in total 13 persons escaped with some of them having to clamber over the roof to get away from the flames and smoke.

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