One year on from a devastating mill fire which claimed the lives of four Vietnamese men, their remains are yet to be repatriated, police confirmed today on the anniversary of the fatal blaze.
Fire broke out at Bismark House Mill on Bower Street, Oldham, on May 7 last year but it wasn't until July 23 that demolition workers at the mill found human remains. Police found evidence part of the mill was being used as a cannabis farm.
A painstaking process of identification and DNA testing established four men from Vietnam died in the fire: Uoc Van Nguyen, 31, Cuong Van Chu, 39, Duong Van Nguyen, 29, and 21-year-old Nam Thanh Lee. Police believe they are likely to have been victims of modern-day slavery.
