Campagin for sprinklers after Penhallow Hotel fire
The family of relatives killed in Newquay’s Penhallow Hotel fire are campaigning for sprinklers to be fitted in all new buildings.
Mr John Hughes, who lost his mother and brother in the fire in 2007, is leading the campaign. He believes that if the Penhallow Hotel had had sprinklers, lives would not have been lost.
Wales is currently thought to be the first country in the world to make it a legal requirement for all new homes to be fitted with sprinklers and Mr Hughes hopes that this can be made a standard across the UK
Fire fighters described the fire at the hotel as the worst British hotel fire in the last 40 years. 90 people escaped from the burning building and 3 people lost their lives.
In March of 2011, the owners of the hotel admitted two charges relating to fire safety breaches.
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