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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
James McNeill

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Man fears his home could go up like a chimney - The Untold Story

A man has said he is scared to be in his own home after discovering it is a serious fire hazard.

David Tyson-Charteris has lived at The Anchorage in Southport for 14 years and believes the block of flats is the next “Grenfell waiting to happen.” The 57-year-old broke his neck in a skydiving accident nearly two decades ago, leaving him permanently in a wheelchair.

David who lives on the top floor of the building on Kingsway, and also owns another apartment in the same building, said that if there were a fire it would “rip through the place like a chimney”.

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