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Investigation into deaths of four demolition workers has still not been concluded six years after the tragedy

AN INVESTIGATION into a building collapse that killed four demolition workers has still not reached a conclusion, six years after the tragedy, bereaved families said today.

Mick Collings, Chris Huxtable, Ken Cresswell and John Shaw died on February 23 2016 when a boiler house collapsed during the demolition of Didcot power station in Oxfordshire.

It was six months before three of the bodies could be recovered because of the danger of a further collapse.

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