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Failure to fit vital fire dampers at blaze home ‘went unnoticed’

A failure to carry out inspections on fire dampers at a Lanarkshire care home where 14 elderly residents died in a blaze meant no-one noticed they had never been fitted, a fatal accident inquiry has heard.

Norman Macdonald, an expert in fire dampers, yesterday told the inquiry into the 2004 tragedy at Rosepark Care Home in Uddingston that he would have expected checks on the devices to be made at least every six to 12 months.