A 15-storey tower block in Bristol that was ‘temporarily’ evacuated two months ago due to a structural risk is still not safe for residents to return to, residents have heard at a meeting with the council today.

At the update meeting, residents were told that they should continue to take up alternative accommodation and not return to the block whilst essential works are carried out.

Barton House housing block, located to the east of Bristol city centre, was evacuated on 14 November last year after a building survey revealed that three out of the 98 flats in the block were structurally unsound, and “that in the event of a fire, explosion or large impact, there’s a risk to the structure of the block”. The flats were constructed in 1958, making Barton House Bristol’s oldest tower block.