A large fire devastated the Williams team garage around 90 minutes after the end of the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona on Sunday.
The blaze was brought under control by members of the Williams, Caterham and Force India teams, helped by circuit fire services.
31 team members required medical assistance on the scene and seven were transferred to hospital. One team member remains in hospital with burns.
Williams said they suffered a lot of damage and lost a lot of …

A bill which proposed forcing landlords to fit smoke alarms in their rental properties at the change of tenancy has been scrapped, it has been revealed.
Liberal Democrat Adrian Sanders, MP for Torbay, developed the Fire Safety (Protection of Tenants) Bill in an attempt to improve fire safety standards in rental properties.
At present, there are only guidelines for landlords relating to the installation of smoke alarms but it is not required by law.
However, the bill will not be …

Fire minister Bob Neil has called on the responsible person of a hotel to carry out a new fire risk assessment in order to resolve a dispute over how to improve fire safety standards.
The enforcing authority and responsible person at an unnamed hotel were at odds of whether to fit intumescent strips and smoke seals on 167 bedroom doors.
The dispute revolves around the requirement of article 9 of the Fire Safety Order, which calls for the responsible person …

Fire chiefs in Hull have praised a domestic sprinkler system for saving the life of an elderly woman just under five weeks after it was fitted.
Humberside Fire and Rescue Service was called to a house in Spring Bank at 9.36pm on May 7th following reports of minor flooding at the property.
Crews found that a domestic sprinkler system was the cause of the flooding as it operated after a chip pan overheated.
Daryl Oprey, head of safety at Humberside …

West Midlands Fire Service (WMFS) is set to start charging over £400 an hour to attend non-emergency incidents.
Following a £30 million cut to its budget, the brigade is looking to reduce the number of non-emergency call-outs it receives by charging for services such as pumping flood water from homes, clearance of debris and rescuing pets.
Upon dialling 999, callers will be informed that they will have to pay £412.80, including VAT, per fire appliance or vehicle per hour.
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The director of a fire safety company who falsely claimed it was accredited in bids for valuable NHS contracts has been sentenced for fraud.
Julian Price, director of Cotswold Fire Group (CFG), received a 40 week suspended prison sentence and a 150 hour community service order for committing two counts of Fraud by False Representation, contrary to section 2 of the Fraud Act 2006.
Appearing at Gloucester Crown Court on 4th May, Mr Price was awarded costs of £1,500 following …

AN explosion left a garage apprentice with severe burns after a colleague poured a highly flammable fuel mix onto a rubbish fire.
The overalls which 23-year-old Thomas Hatton were wearing caught fire, causing burns to his neck, hands and arms — in an accident described as ‘an injury waiting to happen’.
Swadlincote Diesel Fuel Injection Services, based in the Cadley Hill Industrial Estate, Ryder Close, was fined for failing to protect its staff from risk.
The company appeared at Derby …

More than a year after a fire killed 29 workers trapped inside a garment factory in Bangladesh, one of the American companies whose clothing was made at the plant has bowed to criticism and made concrete concessions to improve worker safety.
Tommy Hilfiger is the first label to come forward with voluntary rules that include paying $1million to $2million to devise a set of fire safety regulations and fund an independent inspector at every plant where its clothes are made.
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The former owners of a Wolverhampton Hotel have been fined £43,933.50 after a jury trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court following 11 breaches of fire safety.
Connaught Hotel (West Midlands) Ltd, was found guilty of offences including a fire alarm not working, no smoke alarms or detectors in rooms, and blocked fire exits.
A number of detectors had been covered with plastic bags, the court heard, and escape routes were blocked with items including a wardrobe and ironing board. In addition, …

Residents of a care home in Wales had to be evacuated earlier this week after a small blaze began in the laundry room.
Fire crews were called to Llys y Coed care home in Llanelli at around 9.20pm on Wednesday night (14th March), reports This is South Wales.
It is believed that a faulty tumble drier caused the fire, in which no-one was hurt.
Mid and West Wales Fire Service head of Carmarthenshire County Command, Rob Quin, told the news …