Neil Wallington is a former firefighter who served in the

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and wrote about his experiences in the 1979 book ''Fireman! A personal account''. The book includes one chapter about the

Worsley Hotel fire The Worsley Hotel Fire was a major arson fire at the Worsley Hotel in Maida Vale, London on 13 December 1974. It killed seven people, including a probationary firefighter. Hotel The Worsley Hotel was a series of interconnecting houses of four o ...

which claimed the lives of seven people including one firefighter.London Fire Brigade Press Release PR113/01, 17 September 2001, Great Fires of London
He subsequently went on to rise through the ranks of the fire service to become the

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of Devon Fire and Rescue Service, and has written several books about firefighting and the fire service.

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