Tower block safety checks after Grenfell fire
Sheffield City Council is making additional safety checks to tower blocks in the city following the Grenfell Tower fire in London.
Checks will be carried out this week by South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue officers, who already assess the buildings on a regular basis.
Twenty one of council’s 24 tower blocks have fire-proof metal cladding, insulated with mineral and rock wool, with fire breaks at the floor and party walls.
The other three are brickwork-clad and designed to operate in the same way as the other 21 but in these ca... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
