Bolton fire: Spotlight on cladding, again

By Chloë McCulloch2019-11-20T06:00:00

All 200 or so residents were evacuated and, while two people were injured, thankfully there were no fatalities. So why the widespread media coverage?

Last Friday’s blaze in a six-storey student block in Bolton was headline news. All 200 or so residents were evacuated and, while two people were injured, thankfully there were no fatalities. So why the widespread media coverage?

What shocked many was that, two years after Grenfell, another fire appears to have spread rapidly up the exterior of a residential building. An investigation into the causes is under way, but one thing is clear: fire compartmentation – containing a blaze in one part of the building – failed.

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