Company fined £150,000 over major Preston chemical fire
An international waste management company has been fined £150,000 for health and safety breaches following a major chemical fire in Preston which closed two motorways.
Sections of the M6 and M55 were shut for several hours during the morning commute on 2 July 2007 while 66 firefighters tackled the blaze at the Red Scar Industrial Estate [...]