Residents of a tower block in Easton which saw a fatal fire last month are still waiting for answers about a lack of fire safety measures. Council chiefs failed to turn up to a residents meeting to respond to questions on why no sprinklers have been installed in Twinnell House.
A mother who lives in a flat opposite the one where the fire started described how she struggled to carry her six-year-old son barefooted down 16 flights of stairs, during the meeting on Thursday, October 13, in a packed hall at the Easton Christian Family Centre, after smoke entered her home.
People living in other council tower blocks in Easton and Lawrence Hill questioned why they were still waiting for Bristol City Council to install sprinklers in their homes, despite the council promising in January 2019 it would spend millions doing so over the next five years.
