A fire expert has called for tighter regulations in the wake of the blaze which ripped through an apartment scheme in Barking, east London, a fortnight ago.

The fire at Samuel Garside House in De Pass Gardens, Barking, a near-14m-high four to six storey block, destroyed at least 10 flats, and while no-one was seriously injured the incident has thrown the use of timber as a material used on the outside of certain buildings into sharp focus.

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