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The Fire Brigades Union warned of the dangers of “watering down” safety regulations yesterday at a Glasgow memorial service for 19 firefighters and salvage workers who died in the Cheapside blaze of 1960.
FBU Scottish executive member Roddy Robertson told the Morning Star: “The loss of our 19 comrades 54 years ago was the largest peacetime loss of life ever suffered by Britain’s fire and rescue services.
“It is sad that you have to die in a crowd to be remembered — but it is a powerful reminder of the importance of health and safety and the need for regulations in the workplace.”
Fourteen city firefighters and five members of the Glasgow Salvage Corps were killed while battling a massive fire at a whisky warehouse in Glasgow’s Cheapside Street on March 28 1960, when an explosion sent its 20-metre-high walls crashing into the street below.
