A resident living at the East Bristol tower block that caught fire over the weekend has claimed that those living there get "completely ignored by the authorities". Mark Barrett, a fourth-floor resident at Twinnell House in Easton, described the fire which saw a man lose his life as "terrible" but said it was "a matter of time" until something like that happened.
A man died trying to escape the top floor fire and eight people are in hospital after a fire ripped through the block in the early hours of Sunday. Emergency services were called just after 2.15am to a fire on the top floor.
Around 90 residents were evacuated as a result of the fire, but many have since been able to return to their homes. Mr Barrett was one of the people to call the emergency services. Struggling to hold back tears, he said: “The council do not do anything here, they are the most useless and incompetent.
