Postscript - 30 years ago: Highest fire figures are disclosed
The highest total ever recorded in one month for the estimated cost of fire damage in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) was disclosed in the British Insurance Association's recent figures as the total reached £58.5m.
The number of fires estimated to have cost more than £250 000 each was 18, one of these at a warehouse in the Home Counties being assessed at an astronomical £27.5m. There were also 81 fires costing
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