Bodies of all 3 firefighters found

The bodies of three firefighters have been retrieved from a burnt out warehouse, with hundreds of their colleagues on hand for their removal.

On Friday night four firefighters died when a huge blaze broke out at the vegetable packing plant in Atherstone on Stour, Warwickshire.

Darren Yates-Badley, 24, Ashley Stephens, 20, and John Averis, 27, were unaccounted for following the fire. Ian Reid, 44, was pulled out of the blaze but died later in hospital.

A Warwickshire Police spokesman said: "We can confirm that we have retrieved three people from the premises in the last few hours."

Two hundred firefighters paid the tribute at the scene, forming a guard of honour for their fallen colleagues.

Up to 200 people were involved in the search operation and 140 police personnel are working on the investigation.

The blaze is still being treated as suspicious.

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