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Cutty Sark fire started by vacuum cleaner
An investigation into the Cutty Sark fire, which caused £10m worth of damage to the tourist attraction, has concluded that the most likely cause was the failure of an industrial vacuum cleaner that had inadvertently been left switched on for 48 hours before the fire started at 4.47am on 21 May 2007. Physical evidence and CCTV fo...
News | 30 Sep 2008
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Cutty Sark fire started by vacuum cleaner
... the furthest point of the premises to the exit door can be up to 18 metres in a straight line, or 12 metres if there are obstacles to negotiate (desks / chairs/ machinery etc). Dependent upon the actual risks within the workplace this distance may either be reduced or increased accordingly A fire risk assessment should be undertaken to determine if conditions are acceptable or not. Mike Kane Fire UK Ltd fireuk@msn.com
Comment | 19 Nov 2008
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Cutty Sark fire started by vacuum cleaner
Could someone please advise me if it is legal to have your fire exit as the main door to your premises, as within my salon there is no alternative route due to the back been enclosed and no gates, way out.
Comment | 18 Nov 2008
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Cutty Sark fire started by vacuum cleaner
I have always found the same to be true wherever I've stayed. All the signs and forms filled in but obviously nothing is actually followed up. I'd be interested to know whether there are still unsealed and damaged asbestos fire insulation panels on the bedroom doors of a Exeter branch of a well known chain of hotels. I left two minutes after I arrived. Perhaps I'll drop the HSE a line, I never received a response from their management.
Comment | 2 Oct 2008
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Cutty Sark fire started by vacuum cleaner
...I visit premises. Just like this case I find that very often all the paperwork is in place, sometimes too much, but then no one then bothers to do what the paperwork states. I recently stayed in a hotel in Somerset that was part of a well known chain of entertainment hotels and the general level of fire precautions and safety was appalling and so I wrote to the Managing Director with pictures of: • Numerous fire doors “wedged open” and defective. • Poor housekeeping and numerous potential fire sources. • Numerous broken “finger trap guards”. • Staff smoking area adjacent to an ...
Comment | 2 Oct 2008
