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Wessex Water pleads guilty over fatal Bristol blast

Wessex Water pleaded guilty to health and safety charges over a 2020 explosion at its treatment site in Avonmouth, Bristol, that killed four workers: Luke Wheaton, 16, Ray White, 57, Brian Vickery, 63, and Mike James, 64. The Health and Safety Executive brought the charges after police dropped a manslaughter investigation in 2024. Sentencing was due on Jan. 8.

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