Romford fatal firework blaze prompts ministers to consider issues around casual buying of fireworks.
The case of an elderly woman killed by a fire caused by youths stuffing a lit firework through her letterbox has been raised in Parliament.
Mrs Smith's son Alan started a petition - arguing the government should put the welfare of vulnerable people first - which garnered more than 78,000 signatures in a month.UK PARLIAMENTKai Cooper, 18, from Leatherhead, Surrey, and Callum Dunne, 15, from Southend, Essex, were detained last year for Mrs Smith's manslaughter.
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