More flats have fire safety defects, brigade warns

Hundreds of blocks of flats in London still have serious fire safety defects, according to new figures from the London Fire Brigade (LFB).

More than 1,400 buildings have simultaneous evacuation plans should a fire break out in the block, indicating that they are unsafe for residents to "stay put".

Stay put – which was the initial advice for Grenfell tower and which remains the fire policy in most high-rise buildings – relies on a building being properly constructed. Regulations should prevent fire spreading from one flat to another for at least 60 minutes.

Edward Daffarn, of Grenfell United, said the latest figures showed that Londoners were "still going to sleep in buildings that aren't safe".