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           <title>Fire service releases full report into firefighter deaths</title>
           
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  HAMPSHIRE Fire and Rescue Service has published its findings into the deaths of two firefighters at Shirley Towers in 2010.
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  THE SISTER of a firefighter who died in Southampton tower block blaze has called on civic bosses to implement recommended fire safety features across the city.
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           <title>Sprinklers should be added to high-rise towers following firefighter deaths</title>
           
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  A CORONER is demanding lessons are learned from the tragic death of two hero Southampton firemen.
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           <title>Misadventure verdict on Southampton firefighter deaths</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[A JURY has found that firefighters Alan Bannon and Jim Shears died from misadventure but also identified a number of factors which led to the men's death.
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           <title>Jury considering verdicts at Shirley Towers fire inquest</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[Southampton coroner Keith Wiseman has ended his summing up of the evidence heard at the inquest of two city fireman.
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           <title>'Lessons have been learnt' from Shirley towers blaze says fire chief</title>
           
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  A SERIES of key safety improvements have been brought in to try to stop a repeat of the Shirley Towers fire tragedy that killed two firefighters, an inquest
  heard.
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           <title>Southampton City Council statement on firefighter inquest</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[  Southampton City Council have released a statement following the misadventure verdict into the deaths of two firefighters in the city.
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           <title>Firefighters union statement on inquest into Shirley Towers deaths</title>
           
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  FBU reaction to Shirley Towers’ inquest verdict – death by misadventure, with narrative verdict Matt Wrack, FBU General Secretary said: “This has been a very
  difficult and painful process for the families, friends and colleagues of firefighters James Shears and Alan
  Bannon. Their loss is still very deeply felt by all those touched by their deaths.
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           <title>Towers blaze 'likely to lead to new rules'</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[  New rules are likely to be introduced to stop cables falling to the floor during fires after the problems they caused during the Shirley Towers blaze, an
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           <title>Jurors shown images of fatal fire that engulfed flat</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[  JURORS have seen dramatic images of the high-rise blaze that killed two Hampshire firemen suddenly escalating more than half an hour after it started.
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           <title>Firefighters could have been reached 30 minutes earlier</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[  FIREFIGHTERS battling to rescue two stricken colleagues could potentially have reached them more than 30 minutes earlier if different techniques had been used to put out the fire, an inquest heard.
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           <title>Residents just wanted to get out</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[THERE were major concerns
that the blaze at Shirley
Towers in which two firemen
died could have turned into
a repeat of a tragic tower
block fire in London that
killed six residents.
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           <title>Shirley Towers flat fire: The first pictures are released</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[The first pictures have been released of the inside of the Southampton tower block flat in which two city firefighters died battling a blaze.]]></description>
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           <title>Fire officer feared repeat of London blaze at Shirley Towers</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[  THE officer in charge of the operation to tackle the Shirley Towers fire was worried it would become a repeat of a horror high-rise blaze in London that
  claimed six residents' lives.
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           <title>Inquest hears everything was done to find firefighters in blaze</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[THE man in charge of
the operation to tackle
the horror high-rise
blaze that claimed the
lives of two firefighters
has denied they were
“forgotten about” on
the night.]]></description>
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           <title>Families fear firefighters were 'forgotten' claims barrister</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[  THE families of two firemen who died fighting a towerblock blaze fear they were “forgotten”, their barrister has claimed during the inquest into their deaths.
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           <title>22 minute rescue delay</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[FIRE bosses admitted
an emergency should
have been declared
much quicker after
they lost contact with
two firefighters who
died tackling a tower
block blaze, an
inquest heard.]]></description>
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           <title>Desperate bid to save firemen</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[THE desperate bid to
reach two firemen
overcome by heat and
trapped unconscious
in a blazing tower
block flat and the harrowing
moment they
were finally found and
rescued was laid bare
at an inquest.]]></description>
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           <title>Fireman tells how he found colleagues in burning flat</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[  THE harrowing moment two missing firemen were finally found unconscious inside a burning Southampton flat and rescued was told to an inquest jury today.
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           <title>'Bedlam' inside Shirley Towers the night firefighters died</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[  A FIREFIGHTER badly hurt in the terror blaze that killed two colleagues has described the "bedlam" inside the high-rise flat.
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           <title>Firefighters became trapped in flat</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[FIREFIGHTERS Alan
Bannon and James
Shearswould have suffered an
“incredibly stressful
experience” as they
became trapped inside
Flat 72, which was engulfed
in fire, a pathologist
told the inquest.]]></description>
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           <title>Woman cries as she is quizzed over fatal fire</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[A WOMAN broke down as
she was quizzed about the
night a blaze broke out in
her home, leading to the
death of two firefighters.]]></description>
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           <title>Shirley Towers resident used Dr Pepper drink to tackle fire</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[A man tried to tackle a fire, which later killed two Hampshire firemen, by throwing a large bottle of Dr Pepper over it, an inquest heard.
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           <title>Jurors retrace firefighters' final steps</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[JURORS retraced the final footsteps of
Alan Bannon and Jim Shears – in a flat
identical to the one where their tragic
deaths took place.]]></description>
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           <title>Firefighters among first to go inside blazing building</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[The two Southampton firefighters who died in the Shirley Towers blaze were among the first to go inside the building, an inquest has heard.]]></description>
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           <title>Families call for answers</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[THE families of Alan Bannon
and Jim Shears say they want
answers about the failings that
occurred on the night of the
Shirley Towers blaze – and
measures put in place to
ensure that it doesn’t happen
again.]]></description>
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  TWO Hampshire firefighters were caught in a "sudden massive escalation" in a blaze that claimed their lives, an inquest heard.
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           <description><![CDATA[HAMPSHIRE’S chief fire officer this morning told how the deaths of two firemen had a devastating impact that they will never forget.]]></description>
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           <title>Fire union issues statement ahead of Shirley Towers blaze inquest</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[  THE Fire Brigades Union says the inquest into the deaths of Alan Bannon and Jim Shears will be “harrowing” for all involved.
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           <title>Shirley Towers firefighters inquest starts today</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[  EXACTLY how two firefighters came to die while tackling a tower block blaze in Southampton will be heard in public for the first time at an inquest takes
  place into their deaths due to begin today.
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