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« on: May 23, 2026, 19:44:19 »
I find this hard to believe and cannot find any other corroboration. I have put out feelers into the Welsh community.

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A railway worker who set his colleague on fire at the end of a shift said he was fooling around and things like this are common practice at work. However the victim (not the person pictured) was left with burns to his face, chest, and stomach and spent more than a week in hospital

Interestingly, the site won't allow me to copy 'n paste any more of this article, truncating it to that above!
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« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2026, 22:17:51 »
Quote from: ChrisB on May 23, 2026, 19:44:19
I find this hard to believe and cannot find any other corroboration. I have put out feelers into the Welsh community.

From Wales Online Facebook Also on their website, but behind paywall.

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A railway worker who set his colleague on fire at the end of a shift said he was fooling around and things like this are common practice at work. However the victim (not the person pictured) was left with burns to his face, chest, and stomach and spent more than a week in hospital

Interestingly, the site won't allow me to copy 'n paste any more of this article, truncating it to that above!

If you had posted this 30 years ago I might have agreed " things like this are common practice at work"
I my recent working experience whist there is "leg pulling" "banter" what is outlined in the reported incident indicates lack of / bad management
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