A coroner’s inquest is scheduled to begin today in the deaths of two Prince George sawmill workers.
Glenn Roche and Allan Little were killed when the Lakeland Mill exploded into flames three years ago.
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Twenty-two others were hurt.
Friends and family members say they want to hear exactly what safety protocols were being followed — especially for airborne sawdust inside the facility.
The provincial government decided not to hold a public inquiry in the case, and the crown declined to lay criminal charges, because of flaws in the original Worksafe BC investigation.
A separate inquest will be held in July for the two men who were killed in another sawmill explosion in Burns Lake in January 2012.
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