British doctors prepare for Legionaires outbreak

AN elderly man has died of Legionnaires' disease in what doctors fear may be Britain's largest outbreak ever.

Eighteen other people were last night being treated for the disease in Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria after.

Four of the victims of the potentially fatal disease were in intensive care, 11 others were awaiting test results and health officials said they feared up to 100 more could have been infected.