CITY WORKMEN'S POWER BLAST TERROR; Council fined pounds 7,000 after explosion Burning men thought they would die.(News) From: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) | Date: January 21, 2000| Author: Summers, Kathryn | COPYRIGHT 2000 Coventry Newpapers. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

TWO council workers who suffered terrible burns when they drilled through an electricity cable in Coventry's city centre have told how they feared they would die.

Andy Pilkington and Mick MacDonald have spoken for the first time of their ordeal, when they thought they would never see their families again.

The city council was this week fined for breaching health and safety rules and both men are now seeking compensation.

They had not been trained i...