A Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) into the deaths of two men in a fire at Cameron House Hotel will begin next month.

A preliminary hearing will be held at Paisley Sheriff Court on January 11, into the deaths of Richard Dyson and Simon Midgley in December 2017.

 Richard Dyson, 38, and Simon Midgley, 32, died in the fire at the Loch Lomond hotel. They were unable to escape the hotel as flames tore through the building on the morning of December 18.

Previously, the Reporter revealed that the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) had said an FAI was not needed.

However, Mr Midgley's family used their right to appeal the decision - and a review overturned the Crown's decision.

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The inquiry notice reads that the FAI is mandatory in respect of Simon Midgley, who was a freelance journalist, as he died "as a result of an accident whilst acting in the course of his self-employment".

It then states that it is discretionary in respect of Richard Dyson and that “the Lord Advocate considers that the death occurred in circumstances giving rise to serious public concern, and considers that it is in the public interest for an inquiry to be held into the circumstances of the death”.

It also adds: “A single inquiry is to be held into the death of Simon Midgley and Richard Dyson because it appears to the Lord Advocate that the deaths occurred as a result of the same accident.”

Earlier this year, the multi-million pound hotel was fined just £500,000 at Dumbarton Sheriff Court for failures in fire safety that led to tragedy.

A night porter also pleaded guilty to putting fire place ash into a plastic bag next to combustibles in a storage closet that led to the blaze. He was never trained on how to dispose of the ash and no systems were in place for getting rid of it.

His manager hadn't taken the guest register with them when the building was evacuated and it was an hour after firefighters arrived before they found the couple in the hotel.