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On the evening of 14 November, 400 residents (around 100 of them children) of Bristol City Council-owned high-rise Barton House were evacuated without warning due to structural issues with the building.

The Cable has been covering the fallout from the emergency and chaotic evacuation of the building in November.

Reports

Barton Hill tower block residents’ lives turned upside down by emergency evacuation

Told to leave their homes under chaotic and confusing orders by Bristol City Council, tenants of Barton House face an uncertain future after their homes were deemed unsafe.

Sean Morrison

Reports

Bristol council was warned of polystyrene cladding dangers long before tower block blaze, so why didn’t it act sooner?

The Cable quizzes Bristol City Council's housing chief on the ‘urgent’ rollout of new high-rise fire safety measures, how much it’s all going to cost, and why the authority didn’t act faster.

Sean Morrison

Reports

exposed polystyrene cladding ripped from Eccleston House, Bristol

Bristol tower block fire fuelled by flammable cladding that’s fitted to many of the city’s high rises

Polystyrene insulation contributed to the spread of a blaze at Eccleston House. The council has committed to removing the material from its high rises – but it could take a decade.

Sean Morrison

Investigations

An arson attack. A pig’s head dumped outside. Eccleston House residents are traumatised, and their concerns have been met with silence.

The Cable investigates how flammable cladding fuelled a fire at the tower block, the impact it’s had on the community, and why the council’s communication is making matters worse.

Sean Morrison

Reports

Twinnell House residents still waiting for answers on smoke spreading and sprinklers following tower block fire

Council chiefs failed to show up to a residents meeting to answer questions on why no sprinklers have been installed in the high rise

Alex Seabrook (Local Democracy Reporter)

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Barton Hill tower block residents’ lives turned upside down by emergency evacuation

Bristol council was warned of polystyrene cladding dangers long before tower block blaze, so why didn’t it act sooner?

Bristol tower block fire fuelled by flammable cladding that’s fitted to many of the city’s high rises

An arson attack. A pig’s head dumped outside. Eccleston House residents are traumatised, and their concerns have been met with silence.

Twinnell House residents still waiting for answers on smoke spreading and sprinklers following tower block fire

Barton House

Barton Hill tower block residents’ lives turned upside down by emergency evacuation

Bristol council was warned of polystyrene cladding dangers long before tower block blaze, so why didn’t it act sooner?

Bristol tower block fire fuelled by flammable cladding that’s fitted to many of the city’s high rises

An arson attack. A pig’s head dumped outside. Eccleston House residents are traumatised, and their concerns have been met with silence.

Twinnell House residents still waiting for answers on smoke spreading and sprinklers following tower block fire

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