Cameron House hotel fire affects my son every, says survivor
They were among more than 200 guests who were evacuated from the luxury resort near Balloch, West Dunbartonshire.Mrs Munns, from Leeds, told BBC Scotland it was a "relief" to finally read the report."They are recognising all those things that went wrong which could have prevented the two men from dying."Mrs Munns also said she was encouraged that issues which could have prevented the fire had been identified.
"He was five and is now 10 and he still doesn't sleep. He won't be away from us. He won't stay away from us. "The conditions with which Mrs Munns and family were confronted are likely to have been the same if not worse when Mr Midgley and Mr Dyson left their room."Jane Midgley successfully challenged the Crown Office's initial decision not to hold a fatal accident inquiry into the death of her son, Simon, and his partner Richard
"We could have just kept quiet. We could have just not said anything. We could have let happen what happened but actually then nothing would have changed and this tragedy would happen again in a hotel to somebody else.Night porter Christopher O'Malley gave evidence to a Fatal Accident Inquiry over the Cameron House blaze
Sheriff McCartney also said there were "a number of defects in systems of working which contributed to the accident resulting in the deaths".the lack of a coherent system to empty ash bins in the service area when they became fullThe sheriff made six recommendations in his report, which included the need for hotels to have up-to-date procedures in place to ensure that ash from open fires is removed and disposed of safely.
Cameron House Resort Ltd was previously ordered to pay £500,000 after admitting to breaches of fire safety rules.
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