Hotel Manager guilty of fire safety breaches
A hotel owner has pleaded guilty to an offence under the Regulatory Reform Order 2005 and was ordered to pay £3,300 in fines and £2,040 in costs after a fire alarm failed to go off in the Shrewsbury hotel.
The Plume of Feathers in Harley, Shrewsbury was fitted with a full fire alarm and fire detection system but alarms failed to sound during a fire in the early hours of 27th July 2009.
The fire was discovered when the wife of the owner opened a bedroom door to find the corridor filled with thick smoke. Staff members had to knock on doors to wake guest after it was found that the ‘break glass’ call points were not working.
The hotel owner was fined at Shrewsbury Magistrates Court on 17th September.
Timber yard owner guilty of fire safety violations
A hearing at Chester Crown Court has found a timber yard boss guilty of breaching fire safety regulations.
Mr Paul Ashley has been fined £80,000 and £50,000 in costs for a number of safety violations at his Cheshire timber yard.
Mr Ashley has been warned previously by the Health and Safety Executives but had failed to rectify the issues raised. The property had no working fire alarm system and there were no emergency escape routes. There had recently been a number of fires in the area and Mr Ashley was taking huge risks to the safety of his staff and visitors by failing to ensure the appropriate safety measures had been put in place.