Four Peterborough bars flagged up as fire safety risks

The Safer Peterborough Partnership has identified four city centre bars as having breached fire safety regulations, possibly putting their customers and staff in danger.

The Partnership – made up of a number of organisations dedicated to reducing crime and antisocial behaviour in the area – sent out a task force to conduct spot checks on five city centre bars, with the aim of discovering whether they were following fire safety regulations or not.

The task force revealed that four out of the five drinking establishments they visited had breached fire safety regulations in some way, either with blocked or otherwise obstructed fire exits or fire doors that were left open.
The owners of the bars have now been advised to review their fire training practices and arrange for these relatively minor problems to be rectified as soon as possible.

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service safety officer Steve Robinson said:

“Fire safety standards were found to be poor in four out of five of the premises we inspected on the night.

“This means that the safety of those inside had been put at risk and demonstrates why these inspections are so important.”