Sprinkler system to be installed following fire at Campsfield immigration centre

7:30am Tuesday 14th January 2014 in News By Oliver Evans, covering Banbury. Call me on 01865 425271

A SPRINKLER system is to be installed at a blaze damaged Kidlington immigration centre after concerns from a fire chief.

The Home Office said it would fit the system as part of repairs to Campsfield House after the October 19 blaze.

The fire in one of three blocks at the Langford Lane centre saw more than 100 detainees moved to other centres.

Two were injured but all have now returned.

Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service chief fire officer Dave Etheridge, right, urged the Home Office to install sprinklers in 2007.

He said the extent of Octobers fire would have been less had the system been fitted.

Home Office spokesman Sally Henfield said: We take the welfare of detainees extremely seriously and comply with all the relevant fire safety legislation.

The decision to install additional fire safety equipment at Campsfield House follows advice from the chief fire officer.

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Sprinkler system to be installed following fire at Campsfield immigration centre

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