Grenfell Tower: Fire door manufacturers told to address failings Reuters Suppliers of fire doors have been told to make changes after products from five brands failed safety tests following the Grenfell Tower fire. An investigation was launched after it was found that a fire door from Grenfell Tower could only hold back fire for half…

A manufacturing firm in Norwich has been fined after two employees working with flammable substances in a spray booth were killed by an explosion. — Read on http://www.shponline.co.uk/workers-killed-by-spray-booth-explosion/

Hotel owners given suspended sentences for fire safety failures Posted on 15/06/2018 The owners of a four-storey 64 bedroom hotel in Torquay have been sentenced to four months in prison suspended for 12 months after pleading guilty to three offences under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. Mr Bashir Rana and Mrs Veena Bahl,…

Government ‘clarifies’ fire safety guidelines and launches yet another consultation The government has published new draft guidance to fire safety building regulations – and launched its third post-Hackitt Review consultation on the changes Housing secretary James Brokenshire said the government will also ‘go further’ by conducting a full-scale review of the guidelines, known as ‘Approved…

Landlord ‘ignored pleas’ for fire alarms in Fartown home where blaze killed two boys – trial opening day Kamal Baines on trial for manslaughter over Alder Street fire tragedy A property manager has gone on trial at Leeds Crown Court following a devastating fire which claimed the lives of two young brothers. The blaze at…