THE COMPANY that owns the Cameron House Resort in Scotland will face charges under the Fire (Scotland) Act after two men died in a fire at the hotel in December 2017.
The Scotsman reported on the charges handed to Cameron House Resort over the fire at the hotel in Loch Lomond in December 2017, which caused the deaths of guests Simon Midgley and Richard Dyson. The fire at the five star hotel – the main building of which was built in the 18th century – destroyed it, and over 200 people escaped the fire during a ‘massive rescue operation’ by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.
The case against the hotel was scheduled to begin at Dumbarton Sheriff Court today ‘where full details of the cause of the blaze will be aired publicly’, with its owners charged with a ‘failure to take fire safety measures’, putting people ‘at risk of/death serious injury’ and a failure of the person in control ‘to take fire safety measures’. Should a guilty plea be entered and accepted by the court, the owners face a ‘massive’ fine.
In turn, a possible fatal accident inquiry ‘has not been ruled out’ by prosecutors, with survivors of the fire and relatives of Mr Midgley and Mr Dyson ‘expected to raise private actions for damages’. The case is set to be heard ‘less than a fortnight’ after the cost of repairs to the hotel were announced to be ‘at least’ £26m, with the ‘majority’ covered by insurers, and the hotel hopes to be open for business in April after work was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.