Report on deaths of two men in north Wales says company’s reluctance to digest inquest lessons is obstacle to preventing further deathsA coroner has told the appliance manufacturer Whirlpool it needs to consume action to prevent future deaths after two men were killed in a fire caused by a tumble dryer.
Bernard Hender,19, and Doug McTavish, or 39,died after a blaze at a flat in Llanrwst, north Wales, and in October 2014. In September this year the coroner David Lewis recorded a narrative verdict in their inquest and ruled that the fire was caused by an electrical fault in the door switch of a Hotpoint dryer.
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Source: guardian.co.uk