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04.08.2023 - 10:57 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Greater Manchester Police have issued an update on their painstaking investigation into how the bodies of four Vietnamese men came to be found inside a burnt out mill in Oldham.
A huge blaze broke out at Bismark House Mill on May 7 last year and took four days for crews to bring under control. It was not believed that anyone was inside the building but two months later, demolition workers made the grim discovery - prompting a major incident.
Partial remains of four victims were found during a 'complex' and 'challenging' search which took several months. DNA testing has since identified the remains as those of Uoc Van Nguyen, Cuong Van Chu, Duong Van Nguyen and Nam Thanh.
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Police believe they are likely to have been victims of modern-day slavery, although the cause of the devastating fire is still unknown.
More than twelve months on from the fire, in an update today (August 4), GMP confirmed that the bodies of the four men have now finally been repatriated back to Vietnam to be buried by their families.
All of the men, who are understood to have come to the UK looking for work, remained in regular contact with their families back home until the beginning of May last year.
The Manchester Evening News previously reported that one line of enquiry is that the mill was being used as a cannabis farm. A criminal investigation remains open, with four people currently on bail.
A part-heard inquest at Rochdale Coroner's Court in June this year heard that investigation and search teams had to sift through 5,000 tons of rubble to recover the remains of each victim.
Detective Superintendent Lewis Hughes, GMP’s Disaster Victim
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