Primark store fire started 'after contractors left hot torch burning'

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Primark store fire started 'after contractors left hot torch burning'
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A major fire at a Primark store in Belfast in 2018 began after roofing contractors left a hot torch burning to go on a tea break, a court has heard.

The fire at the Primark store in Belfast city centre burned for three days after starting on 28 August 2018

One employee was a qualified roofer and the other two were apprentices, one of whom was a fire marshal. Workers on the site tried to put out the fire with extinguishers but eventually the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service was contacted and took over the scene. The court heard that a "hot work permit" had been created but not approved, which stated a fire watch would be needed at the end of the working day.Up to 1,500 people evacuated

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