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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Paul Britton

Oldham mill fire: Heartbreaking final conversations four victims had with loved ones released

Four men who died after a fire at a derelict mill in Oldham have now been formally identified after detectives flew out to Vietnam to obtain DNA samples and statements from their relatives.

Heartbreaking details of the last conversations they had with their families more than 6,000 miles away have also been revealed by Greater Manchester Police. One told his family, a month before the fire, that he was living in 'an abandoned house' as he looked for work.

Another told a relative in a phone call home just days before the fire broke out that he was staying in 'a derelict house in Dam' - believed to be a reference to Oldham - as he, too, looked for work.

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