Sections of a city centre residential building have been served with a prohibition notice due to concerns over fire safety.
The prohibition notice was served on the property management company of the Rialto building on Melbourne Street near Northumbria University's City campus on Tuesday June 27 by Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service. This has led to a number of residents at the building being asked to temporarily leave the premises until remedial work can be carried out by those responsible for the building to address concerns raised with the fire service.
A notice posted on the building by TWFRS stated: "There is insufficient fire resisting separation between individual residential flats on all levels and other residential flats within the property. Any fire in a residential flat will result in heat and/or smoke filling the escape route and prevent people from making a safe escape from the premises.
