Take off cladding, says resident of Bristol block using same materials as Grenfell Tower
A resident of a Bristol apartment block revealed to have Grenfell Tower-style cladding has urged the building's owners to replace it. Philip Hoang, 57, who has lived in the Eclipse building at Cabot Circus for three years, had not heard from property managers about the fire safety risk before being alerted to the problem by the Bristol Post . "I feel scared," said Mr Hoang. "I can quite easily see a fire happening here, and there is no way we would survive it. "It’s such a nice building, but obviously if it’s similar material then they have to take it off and renew it - nothing else will work." Avon Fire and Rescue Service confirmed today that the landmark tower block , which stands above the city's Harvey Nichols department store , used similar materials to those which were blamed for spreading the devastating blaze at Grenfell Tower in London, which claimed the lives of at least 80 people. Three beaches closed after broken pipe leaks sewage ...