THE FOOD PACKING WAREHOUSE IN WARWICKSHIRE, England, where four FF’s died under a collapsed roof, is still being searched and investigated. 

(Firegeezer archived stories including video reports HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE.)

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At a news conference this morning, the police superintendant in charge said that they will be searching the destroyed building possibly as late as the end of January.  When one of the journalists asked him if the Fire Brigade could possibly be facing criminal charges,  Det Supt Ken Lawrence made the bizarre statement that: “It is possible. We are exploring every single possibility and ruling nothing out.”  He added: “I still don’t know what started it. I am erring on the side of caution, treating it as if it was arson, but clearly I would add that I am open-minded about that.”

BBC News is reporting on this unusual press conference HERE.

Although it has been nearly four weeks since the fire, the dates for the funerals of the four firefighters who perished have just now been set.  The first one, for John Averis, will be held this Friday.

Firegeezer asks:  Just what is this lunkhead thinking?  Is he actually considering holding fire officers criminally responsible for consequences resulting from their decisions during an ongoing fire?

Personally, I don’t think the public would allow such a prosecution to proceed.  But it makes you wonder what kind of mindset is in the police bureaucracy to even consider such a ridiculous course of action.  The result would be a virtual cessation of all fire protection activities.

Flashback video from Nov. 4

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