Mohamed Shakil Aboo had to be identified with DNA from his toothbrush following huge blaze
Date published: 03 December 2014
Mohamed Shakil Aboo, who died in a huge fire at a Sartex Quilts and Textiles Ltd, had to be identified with DNA from his toothbrush matched with a piece of his liver such was the intensity of the blaze.
An inquest at Oldham Magistrates Court heard that three other workers, Abdulla Khan, Shaukat Ali and Zulficar Ali, were also in the mill on Norwich Street, Rochdale, at the time the fire started after a baling machine, which recycles clothing into underlay, became blocked.
The three, who initially attempted to use fire extinguishers and a water hose to tackle the blaze in May 2011, escaped but Mr Aboo never made it out.
Firefighters were unable to enter the mill until the following day to recover his body.
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