More than half of council tower blocks in Bristol have flammable polystyrene cladding which will be removed after a fire last month. Removing the cladding could take a decade and fire safety experts are warning hundreds of tower blocks across the country might be affected.
Residents living in nearly 3,000 flats across 38 tower blocks will see Bristol City Council remove polystyrene cladding on their homes and replace it with a rock-based cladding. Meanwhile waking watch marshals will patrol affected tower blocks as a safety measure.
Concerns were sparked last week after the Avon Fire and Rescue Service said the blaze at Eccleston House in Barton Hill in October, which seriously injured six people, was spread by the expanded polystyrene (EPS) cladding used on the outside of the tower block.
