UNITED KINGDOM: A FIRE RIPPED THROUGH A CARE HOME IN UDDINGSTON, NEAR GLASGOW, IN SCOTLAND KILLING TEN ELDERLY RESIDENTS

Record ID: 955649

  • Title: UNITED KINGDOM: A FIRE RIPPED THROUGH A CARE HOME IN UDDINGSTON, NEAR GLASGOW, IN SCOTLAND KILLING TEN ELDERLY RESIDENTS
  • Date: 31st January 2004
  • Summary: (W4) UDDINGSTON NEAR GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (JANUARY 31, 2004)(SCOTISH TELEVISION - NO ACCESS UK) 1. (NIGHT) EMERGENCY SERVICES ARRIVE AT CARE HOME 0.06 2. SIGN READING "ROSEPARK CARE HOME" 0.12 3. VARIOUS (NIGHT): OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AT WORK, TAKING ELDERLY RESIDENTS TO AMBULANCES (9 SHOTS) 1.30 4. LV/ZOOM OUT: FIREMAN INSIDE HOME 1.39 5. AMBULANCES LEAVING SCENE 2.02 (W7) UDDINGSTON NEAR GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (JANUARY 31, 2004)(ITN - NO ACCESS UK/ABC (Aust)/TVNZ/.CO.UK SITES(Internet)) 6. SCU: (SOUNDBITE)(English) TOM EADIE, WITNESS, SAYING: "Fire brigade with the breathing apparatus was rushing in, coming back out. There was somebody counting how long they had been in there. I take it that it was all smoke, no flames I could see." 2.13 7. VARIOUS: DAYLIGHT EXTERIORS OF CARE HOME (4 SHOTS) 2.31 8. MV: (SOUNDBITE)(English) JEFF ORDE, STRATHCLYDE FIRE BRIGADE, SAYING "Smoke is the thing that people will succumb to first of all but it is unusual to have such a high number of fatalities for such a small fire. We would acknowledge that and we accept that and that's what the investigation is focusing on: how can that occur?" 2.44 9. VARIOUS: OF POLICE OUTSIDE CARE HOME (3 SHOTS) 2.51 10. SCU: (SOUNDBITE)(English) CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT TOM BUCHAN, STRATHCLYDE POLICE, SAYING: "It's a devastating event. There can be no other way of describing it. Regrettably, the devastation will continue because as the day unfolds there will be a significant number of people will be learning that people near and dear to them have succumb to injuries in this tragic incident." 3.08 11. SIGN READING "ROSEPARK CARE HOME" 3.11 12. VARIOUS: EXTERIORS OF CARE HOME (2 SHOTS) 3.24 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: UDDINGSTON NEAR GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
  • Country: United Kingdom
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