Taunton sleeping car fire inquiry report

Title

Taunton sleeping car fire inquiry report

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:04:48

Description

Interview with a male railway industry spokesman (not identified – poss Major Tom King, Railway Inspecting Officer), about the 1978 Taunton sleeping car fire in which 12 people died, and on the procedures implemented to prevent similar tragedies occurring again. Female interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Tom King?

Keywords

Deaths; Reports; Fires; British Rail; Somerset; Railway transport; Trains; Inquests; Public inquiries; Railway accidents; Taunton

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