The owners of a Warrington care home at which a 90-year-old resident accidentally set fire to himself while smoking a cigarette have been fined more than £60,000 for serious breaches of fire safety regulations.
Ashberry Healthcare Ltd., which ran the former Heathercroft Care Home in Woolston until 2021, pleaded guilty to three counts of failing to comply with the Fire Safety (Regulatory Reform) Order 2005 at Warrington Crown Court on Tuesday (October 11th).
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