The judgement describes how Mr Hunt 'died of hypoxia and heat exhaustion'. I just wanted them to go to court to face what they had done,' Susan said.Ĭharlotte (left) and Sam Hunt (centre) attend the funeral of their father, firefighter Stephen Hunt at Bury Parish Church (Image: Paul Heyes)Ī County Court judgement, last month, seven years after Stephen's death, dismissed an appeal by GMFRS against a previous order that the service should pay solicitors acting on behalf of the Fire Brigades Union £141,0000 in costs for preparing for and attending the inquest. 'I didn't want anything bad to happen to the girls. Susan and the family were also dismayed by the Crown Prosecution Service decision not to prosecute the two girls responsible for starting the fire. 'We are all now, not the same people we used to be. 'We had asked for £10,000 each for them but they didn't get a penny. 'As well as my grandchildren, I have another son, and a daughter who were badly damaged by what happened. She added that the family had requested £100,000 from the brigade in damages. If the fire safety officer had been at the door where he went in I’d still have a son.” “He was inside the building for beyond the 20 minutes he was meant to be in. 'It was individuals who didn't do their job properly that day. If the communications had been better, and the briefings had been better, I would still have my son. The figure is revealed in a published court judgement after solicitors acting on behalf of the Fire Brigades Union sought to recover legal costs from the brigade.įirefighter Stephen Hunt with children Charlotte and SamĪsked who she blames for her son’s death, Susan said: “The fire brigade because of all the failings. Now it can be revealed that GMFRS eventually paid out £80,000 in damages. The blaze in Oldham Street that killed him had been deliberately started by two 15-year-old girls, and the inquest jury returned a verdict that the father-of-two had been ‘unlawfully killed’ by the teenagers. Sign up to our newsletter for the latest M.E.N.They found that a lack of communication and information at handovers contributed to his death, as well as misinterpretation of instructions a break-down in radio communication the internal layout of the building inadequate fire risk assessment, and acts of vandalism and criminal damage. Stephen Hunt died on July 13, 2013, while tackling a fire at Paul's Hair World in Manchester's Northern Quarter.Īt his inquest jurors found a catalogue of errors in the management of the fire contributed to his death. Hipp's next court hearing is scheduled for April 26.The family of a firefighter who died after mistakes in the management of a blaze was offered just £25,000 in damages by Greater Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS), the M.E.N can reveal.

The Fire Department estimates the blaze caused about $57,000 in damage.

Hipp, who was at the scene, told enforcement he set his apartment on fire by burning a painting, a cardboard box, clothes, toilet paper and miscellaneous paper because he 'wanted to be arrested,' the complaint states.Īccording to court documents, Hipp acknowledged what he did was dangerous and that he could have hurt people but set the fire anyway. Officers knocked on doors to advise residents to leave the building before the Fire Department arrived and extinguished the fire. Hipp was charged Wednesday in Benton County District Court with one count of first-degree arson, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years and a $20,000 fine.Īccording to a criminal complaint, police officers and firefighters were dispatched to an apartment building in the 1200 block of 2nd Street NE. Cloud man is facing a felony arson charge in a fire at an apartment complex on the northeast side of the city.

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