A resident living inside one of Bristol City Council’s flammable building blocks claims a fire broke out over the weekend and not even the emergency services knew about it. Kelly Davis, who has lived in Holroyd House in the Windmill Hill area of Bristol for the last 20 years, said she was shocked when a “terrified” neighbour pounded on her apartment door on Friday (November 18) alerting her to the remnants of a fire on the 6th-floor stairwell
Miss Davis said she was shocked when she saw the blackened ceiling and burned-out window frame with what appeared to be melted particles dripping onto the landing floor. The 44-year-old said when she arrived home at around 2pm that day she smelled a foul chemical scent but mistook it for someone decorating inside the building. But what amazed her the most, was the lack of awareness that there was a blaze at all. She claims the neighbour had been home all day and did not hear a fire alarm or the sound of panic.
Still stunned by the sight and smell Miss Davis immediately took photographs and shared them with a local Facebook group to find out if anyone else living at Holroyd House was aware and was dumbfounded to learn that “nobody knew”. “When something happens here everybody knows because you can hear the sirens but nobody knows anything. It's really bizarre,” she added.
