Trial opens for firefighters killed tackling warehouse fire
The trial has opened into the death of 4 firefighters who died in a warehouse fire. Prosecutors believe the men were sent into a highly dangerous situation for no good reason.
Warwickshire firemen Ashley Stephens, Darren Yates-Badley, John Averis and Ian Reid died when tackling a fire at a storage compartment containing cardboard boxes and old furniture.
Prosecutor, Mr Matthews told the jury: “It’s only about the needless loss of four lives, four individuals, lost as a result of having been sent into a situation where no one was in peril. Sent into what was and should have been recognised as an obviously dangerous situation, for no good reason.”
It is reported that water sprinklers in the warehouse had not been connected at the time of the fire.
The trial will last around 10 weeks.
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