Defendant – Mr Javed Waraich (Owner of a Premier convenience store in Manchester)
Failure to carry out a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment; failing to take measures to prevent the spread of fire to upper floors; failing to provide an appropriate means of detecting and raising the alarm in case of fire; failing to provide an adequate escape route from the first and second floors due to an excessive travel distance for a single direction means of escape; failing to provide adequate fire resistance to the escape route; failing to ensure that emergency doors were not locked or fastened so as to be easily openable in an emergency by providing a final exit door that requires the use of a key; failing to provide emergency lighting on the escape route; failure to comply with the requirements of an enforcement notice.
Fined £9,259