A fire at a caravan holiday park near Hastings, East Sussex, has led to the deaths of a man and a woman in their 40s.
Firefighters from East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service were called to the blaze at Combe Haven caravan park 10.10pm on Saturday (August 13th), but the pair were pronounced dead at the location.
A spokesperson for the caravan park, which was located in the town of St Leonards has said that the deceased had owned the caravan since 2007.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, a ‘suitable and sufficient’ fire risk assessment – which aims to find and negate fire hazards – must be conducted on all sleeping accommodations, such as holiday caravan parks, in England and Wales.
If the fire risk assessment is carried out to an insufficient extent, the Responsible Person can face a prison spell of up to two years, or an unlimited fine.
