Coal tips safety: Residents say lessons 'not learned' from Aberfan disaster

Coal tips safety: Residents say lessons 'not learned' from Aberfan disaster

Sky News has spoken with residents who live near some of Wales's most dangerous disused coal tips, who say lessons have not been learned since the 1966 tragedy which killed 144 people, including 116 children.

Coal tips safety: Residents say lessons ‘not learned’ from Aberfan dis – khbrknews

Residents who live near disused coal tips in South Wales say lessons have not been learned from the Aberfan disaster nearly 60 years on. Their comments come after a disused coal tip in Cwmtillery, Blaenau Gwent, partially collapsed in November, forcing around 40 homes to be evacuated. A coal tip is made up of waste material from coal mining, many of which have existed for several decades. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video pl…