Probe finds care home ‘a huge fire risk’

An inspection report into a now-closed centre for people with disabilities has claimed the site was a huge fire risk. And the only person spoken to by inspectors who was fully aware of the workings of the warning system was a maintenance man.

The report was one of a number issued by the Health Information and Quality Authority.

It outlines shortcomings in the care provided to clients at various centres, including how there was no evidence at one site that a fire episode had been investigated and how, at another HSE-run centre, there was an absence of appropriate measures to safeguard residents in the event of a fire.