Prince George, B.C.- The Coroner’s inquest into  the deaths of Glenn Roche and Al Little will get underway  this  morning in Prince George.

( at right,  images of Al Little and Glenn Roche – 250News archive)The two men  died  when the Lakeland Mills  sawmill in Prince George  exploded  and  burned in April of 2012.

The explosion happened just  three months after a similar double fatal blast at the  Babine Forest products  mill in Burns Lake.

There has been criticism  over the fact  criminal charges were not laid  in the wake of the two  explosions,  but Crown  said  charges could not be laid as there were serious flaws in the manner in which WorkSafeBC had conducted the investigations.

A Coroner’s Inquest cannot lay blame, it can only  determine how, where and when the two men died, and  make recommendations aimed at  preventing  such deaths in the future.

Initially, this inquest was to  combine  the Burns  Lake and Prince George  explosions, but the Chief  Coroner,  Lisa Lapoint decided last month to  separate the two and will hold the Burns Lake  inquest in Burns Lake in  mid July.