People living in Bristol’s tower blocks say they have scored an important victory in their campaign for better fire safety, as they held a vigil and protest to mark two months since the fatal fire at Twinnell House.
The residents of the tower blocks of Easton, Lawrence Hill and Barton Hill have been calling on Bristol City Council to step up fire safety measures following the fire on September 25, which killed Abdul Jabar Oryakhel and injured half a dozen other residents.
After several more fires at other tower blocks in the area, council chiefs have agreed to replace potentially dangerous cladding, install ‘waking watch’ wardens overnight and ‘speed up’ the delivery of a 2019 pledge to install sprinkler systems in each flat in a tower block.
