Care home fire causing one fatality and one critical
Published: 7th February 2018
One man has died and another resident is critically injured after a fire and explosion at Woodlands View care home in Stevenage, Hertfordshire on Saturday.
One man has died and another resident is critically injured after a fire and explosion at Woodlands View care home in Stevenage, Hertfordshire on Saturday.
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