A CARE home operator has been fined £500,000 after a fire that caused the death of woman in Glasgow’s East End which “could have been prevented.”

Carol Hughes, a 54-year-old resident of the Arcadia Gardens care home in Bridgeton, died in hospital of injuries sustained in a fire believed to have started in her room in March 2017.

Ms Hughes had been a smoker and two lighters and a e-cigarette were found on her, but prosecutors argued HC-One Ltd failed in its duties of care, neglecting to review her care plan and risk assessments as she became progressively more bed-bound.