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| Stafford fireworks blaze: Men who died named | |
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| Two men killed in a fireworks warehouse blaze in Stafford have been named. | |
| The bodies of Simon Hillier, 41, and 57-year-old Stewart Staples were found on Friday, a day after a huge fire ripped through the SP Plastics industrial unit on the Baswich Estate. | |
| The men, both from Hednesford, will not be formally identified for some weeks, say police, but there is evidence to place both of them at the scene. | |
| Police think Mr Hillier was working at the site and Mr Staples was a customer. | |
| 'Doing everything we can' | |
| Two men were also injured in the blaze and one, in his 40s, is said to be in a critical condition with serious burns. | |
| Searches resumed on Saturday morning at the unit. | |
| Supt Ian Coxhead, of Staffordshire Police, said: "Sadly, our inquiries have placed both men at the scene when the fire started. | |
| "Our sympathies remain with the families involved and we're doing everything we can to help them at this distressing time. | |
| A 53-year-old man arrested over the fire has been released and is now considered a witness, police said. | A 53-year-old man arrested over the fire has been released and is now considered a witness, police said. |
| Supt Ian Coxhead warned that although a fingertip search was under way, it would take a long time for the cause of the fire to be established because of the instability of the building. | Supt Ian Coxhead warned that although a fingertip search was under way, it would take a long time for the cause of the fire to be established because of the instability of the building. |