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07/12/2012
Council Fined Over Firefighters Deaths
Warwickshire County Council has been fined £30,000 over the deaths of four firefighters in a blaze at a vegetable packing plant.
The bodies of John Averis, 27, Ashley Stephens, 20 and Darren Yates-Badley, 24, were recovered from the building in Atherstone-on-Stour in November 2007.
A fourth firefighter, Ian Reid, 44, died later in hospital.
At the hearing at Stafford Crown Court, Mr Justice Macduff described the deaths as a "dreadful accident".
Warwickshire County Council pleaded guilty to a health and safety charge in January.
Mr Macduff said the fine given to the council "in no way" summed up the cost of the four men's lives but reflected deficiencies in record-keeping and information given to fire crews at the time.
He added the investigation had cost £5m in total and he had issued a £30,000 fine because he "didn't want the public purse to suffer any more than it needed to."
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The bodies of John Averis, 27, Ashley Stephens, 20 and Darren Yates-Badley, 24, were recovered from the building in Atherstone-on-Stour in November 2007.
A fourth firefighter, Ian Reid, 44, died later in hospital.
At the hearing at Stafford Crown Court, Mr Justice Macduff described the deaths as a "dreadful accident".
Warwickshire County Council pleaded guilty to a health and safety charge in January.
Mr Macduff said the fine given to the council "in no way" summed up the cost of the four men's lives but reflected deficiencies in record-keeping and information given to fire crews at the time.
He added the investigation had cost £5m in total and he had issued a £30,000 fine because he "didn't want the public purse to suffer any more than it needed to."
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