Birmingham high-rise fire safety failings
Written by terry on November 8, 2010 at 18:40
A report by the BBC has highlighted serious fire safety breaches in most of Birmingham’s tower blocks.
Even recently refurbished Bakeman House has failed to comply with the fire safety standards especially in common areas of the building. Many other high rise flats where deemed out-dated and run down.
The City Council confirm that it has planned fire safety work in many of its tower blocks to be completed by the end of the financial year.
One housing organisation, Whitefriars Housing disputed the findings saying “Our customers’ safety is our chief concern. We have conducted in-depth fire risk assessments three times in the past year,”.
The full report was aired on the BBC Inside Out programme on 25th October.
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