Octavia Housing and Vistry had yet to come to an agreement over replacing unsafe cladding at a Wembley tower block when a fire broke out and spread at the accommodation on Monday evening (29 January).

A fire broke out at Petworth Court, in Elm Road, Wembley on Monday evening after concerns were raised about cladding on the building

Octavia has said that the block, Petworth Court, in Elm Road, Wembley, has external cladding, which it has been looking to get removed.

A statement shared by the London Fire Brigade (LFB) said that the fire that broke out at Petworth Court on Monday evening damaged half of the external side of the building, all of the roof and four external balconies.