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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tom Watling

HISTORICAL FACTS: Hundreds urgently evacuated from tower block over major structural faults - Caught on Camera

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Hundreds of tower block residents have been evacuated after their local council admitted there were “major structural faults” with the property.

Roughly 400 people will have to leave Barton House in Bristol after the city council declared that surveys had revealed the property would not be safe in the event of a fire or explosion.

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