Police evacuate residents in Worthing homes
Residents have been evacuated from their homes after a fire broke out in a nearby outbuilding
The outbuilding in Penfold Road, Worthing was thought to have contained acetylene cylinders which are highly explosive. Sussex Police asked residents to leave their homes whilst the area was made safe by firefighters.
No causalities have been reported.
Shortage of fire risk assessors in UK
A lack of competent fire risk assessors is causing great concern amongst UK landlords says the Peabody Housing Association.
Landlords are finding it very difficult to find assessors that they can trust to carry out vital safety assessments on their properties.
The claim was made by Robert Groom, Peabody’s fire safety and emergency planning manager, at an event last month in association with the London Fire Brigade. The events main aim was to see how effectively the Regulatory Reform Order of 2005 is being enforced.
Gas explosion kills pensioner
Mr George Titterton died after a gas explosion at his house in Sheen in February this year. His body was found under rubble and debris by a police dog on the third day of the search.
An investigation into the cause of the fire has concluded that the most likely cause was the leaking of propane from two gas cylinders in the kitchen. Fire investigation officer Mark McCabe said ‘The gas migrated from the kitchen and mixed with the open fire’. It is likely that Mr Titterton was trying to change the cylinder when the explosion occurred.
PC Andrew Platt who was at the scene of the fire said “The front of the building had blown out on to the road. The whole of the inside of the building had collapsed.” The fire investigation took five days to carry out due to safety concerns. Most of the building had collapsed making it difficult to access.
Friends described Mr Titterton as an independent man who would always try jobs himself before asking people for help.
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