Fire Safety
23/11/2011
Walsall landlord sentenced for failing to provide gas safety certificate
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted the landlord following a complaint from a tenant and her partner, who rent a house from him.
12/07/2011
Fire safety risk assessor and hotel manager both jailed for fire safety
An external fire risk assessor and a hotel manager have both been jailed for eight months for fire safety offences.
17/06/2011
Rogue gas engineer sentenced to 300hr community service for carrying out work illegally
A Wiltshire man has been prosecuted for illegally carrying out gas work at a neighbour's home which could have put them at risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.
26/04/2011
Firm fined £26,000 after 400 degree flash fire severely burns man
A worker suffered serious burns from a flash fire after opening an oven door at a factory unit in Tamworth.
26/04/2011
Pet food giant fined £72,600 after multiple workers suffer severe burns
A pet food giant has been fined after five workers suffered severe burns when a steam pressure system malfunctioned.
26/04/2011
Prompt action by fire service saves factory
More than 50 firefighters and 10 appliances have tackled a fire at a crisp factory in Herefordshire.
26/04/2011
Pub fined £17,800 after a chef is seriously burned by fireball in kitchen
A pub company has been fined £14,000 after one of its chefs was thrown backwards by a fireball while attempting to light a gas burner.
11/04/2011
Landlord fined £18,500 for renting out fire risk property
A landlord rented a dangerous loft extension to a family with two young children despite being warned that the property was a serious fire risk. The landlord did not have planning permission for a dormer extension at the property in Sutton.
06/04/2011
Landlord fined £158,000 after tenants flee for their lives in house fire
A residential landlord has been found guilty of fire safety breaches, following a fire where his tenants were forced to flee for their lives.
23/03/2011
Fire safety training averted disaster in prison
Dozens of prisoners at a Wiltshire prison were rescued from a blaze that came a month after wardens received fire safety training.
23/02/2011
Landlord fined £15,000 for failing to provide fire escape and adequate facilities
A restaurant operator housed his staff in a flat with no proper fire escape and no separate kitchen. A find of £12,500 with costs of £2,500 was imposed on the landlord.
23/02/2011
Hampshire hotel saved by effective fire alarm
A fire alarm system has been praised for providing early detection of a blaze in a plant room at a Hampshire hotel.
23/02/2011
Hotel criticised for poor fire safety after fire safety consultant books in for the night
A hotel has been publicly criticised for poor fire safety after a fire safety consultant stayed there over the Christmas period.
23/02/2011
National chain fined £20,000 for fire safety breaches
A National retail chain has been ordered to pay £20,000 in fines and costs for serious fire safety contraventions at one of its stores.
16/02/2011
Spike in the number of house fires reported
The importance of having a working fire alarm was highlighted this week by the Chief Fire Officers’ Association (CFOA) following a spike in the number of house fires across the country.
16/02/2011
Supermarket catches fire due to electrical fault in Plymouth
A serious fire at the premises of a major supermarket chain in Plymouth was due to an electrical fault in a refrigerating unit.
15/12/2010
Bakery landed with £70,000 fine for fire safety deficiencies
The popular high street bakery chain Greggs has been ordered to pay over £70,000 for fire safety breaches after it blocked corridors and locked fire exits with four padlocks.
14/12/2010
Construction firm fined £9,000 for breaching fire safety legislation and inappropriately storing flammable waste
The Health and Safety Executive has fined a construction firm and a site manager for numerous breaches of safety legislation, which included fire alarms being switched off on site.
13/10/2010
Major pub chain fined £319,000 after landlord dies of carbon monoxide poisoning
A major pub chain has been fined £300,000 after a Merseyside landlord died from carbon monoxide poisoning, and tenants at another 474 pubs were put at risk.
31/08/2010
Landlord still breaching regulations despite £3,000 fine
A landlord who has paid £2,000 in fines and £1,000 in costs for failing to maintain his property to a reasonable standard is still falling foul of safety rules.
31/08/2010
Landlord fined £4,500 after tenant dies in house fire
A Birmingham landlord has had to pay £4,500 after failing to maintain smoke alarms at a property he had rented out on a multi-occupancy basis to four tenants, one of whom died in a fire.
31/08/2010
Gas fitter fined £8,000 for working illegally
A workman who falsely claimed to be a registered gas engineer has been fined £8,000 after installing gas appliances at an address in Hackney.
11/08/2010
Workshop burns down on heritage railway
A large workshop and rolling stock have been severely damaged in a fire on a heritage railway line in Hampshire.
27/05/2010
Former pub landlord fined £16,000 for fire safety breaches
A former pub landlord has been ordered to pay a total of £16,015 in fines and costs for serious breaches of fire safety law following a prosecution brought by London Fire Brigade.
27/05/2010
Hotel Company fined £36,000 after fire rips through premises
The management company of a Sussex hotel pleaded guilty to five separate charges contravening the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
27/05/2010
Two fire fighters die in tower block blaze
The deaths of two fire fighters at a 15-floor tower block in southern England, has sent shockwaves through the fire community and raised further concerns over risk management in high-rise residential buildings in the UK.
27/05/2010
Leicester hotel fined more than £41,000 for fire safety failings
A hotel and its manager have been ordered to pay more than £41,000 over a string of safety failings discovered after a fire.
10/03/2010
Hotel chain fined £21,000 for fire safety failings
A hotel chain has been ordered to pay more than £21,000 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to six offences under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
10/03/2010
Pub management company fined £15,000 for fire safety offences
A pub management company has been convicted of offences under fire safety law following a hearing at North Wiltshire Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.
10/08/2009
Record fine of £345,000 for major oil company
An international oil company has been fined £300,000 and ordered to pay £45,000 costs.
10/08/2009
Six months at Her Majesty’s, and £10,000 in fines for landlords
Two landlords of bedsit accommodation in North London have been sentenced to six months' imprisonment each and ordered to pay £5000 costs each for breaching fire safety legislation.
10/08/2009
Director fined for fire safety breaches
A director of a high street fashion chain has been ordered to pay £5,500 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to breaches of fire safety legislation.
18/06/2009
£20 million in damages and 360 redundancies due to fire.
A fire is the final nail in the coffin of a frozen food manufacturer in Newcastle.
18/06/2009
Care home fined £80,000 after fire
A care home company has been fined £80,000 and ordered to pay costs of £20,000 under fire safety legislation following a boiler room fire last January at one of its homes.