Coroner warns more lives at risk because emollients so flammable
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Coroner warns more lives at risk because emollients so flammable
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A grandfather died when a flame from a gas fire set light to residues of a skin moisturiser on his clothing, a coroner has ruled.
James Rownsley, 89, from Doncaster, was attempting to warm up his sitting room when he lit a gas fire and a flame caught his…
A number of people were also evacuated from properties close to the property
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The man’s family have been informed
A charity has warned that ‘substandard batteries pose a life-threatening risk to the public’
