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Saturday 11th February 2012
Dolnoslaskie
12th March 2010“I used the lamp for twenty years and nothing happened. I didn’t want to start a fire or hurt anybody”.
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The story (see NPE 6/6) hit the headlines because fire officers decided not to investigate despite receiving a call telling them there had been a fire. When the caller, a neighbour of Lucyna K., confirmed three times that the fire had been extinguished, duty officers decided not to respond.
The fire restarted later and spread like wildfire through the tenement, killing a family of three. Experts established the fire started with a bedside lamp which set light to a sofa- ...
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