BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

Mon 11 Jul 2005

Chernobyl children at fire station

Children affected by the Chernobyl disaster are set to meet staff at one of Scotland's fire stations.

The 15 teenagers from Belarus will visit the headquarters of Strathclyde Fire and Rescue in Hamilton as part of their holiday, and see firefighters in action.

They will also meet chief officer Brian Sweeney who was recently awarded an honorary degree from Glasgow Caledonian University in recognition of his leadership in the aftermath of last year's Stockline Plastics explosion in Glasgow, in which nine people died.

Source:

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=769262005