Crane operator trapped on crane boom after fire
A crane operator has been trapped on a crane boom and seven people have been hospitalised after a fire broke out at a construction site in east London. The fie…
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Category: Fires in construction
Network Rail engineering train catches fire
A engineering Network rail train has caught fire while working in Kent on Friday morning near Dunton Green station. Six fire engines from the local Kent Fire and Rescue fought…
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RIBA calls for compulsory alarms and sprinkler systems
The RIBA has called for compulsory fire alarms in all new and converted residential buildings and multi-occupancy buildings ,in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire in June. The suggestions…
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Grenfell cladding fire test due next week
The building industry will get a clear verdict next week on whether similar Grenfell cladding systems pass or fail stringent Building Regulation guidance for use on new and existing towers….
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Timber-frame firm fined for fire safety and traffic offences
J G Hale Construction Ltd based in South Wales has been fined £100,000 for running an unsafe timber-frame construction site. Cwmbran Magistrates’ Court heard that HSE launched an investigation on…
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Fatal tower block blaze caused by lack of fire doors
Housing manager Lewisham Homes has been fined £40,000 and ordered to pay £23,407 prosecution costs for breaking fire safety laws following a fatal fire in a Deptford tower block in…
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