Hackney’s 3,000 urgent fire safety jobs revealed

Grenfell Tower fire. Photograph: Natalie Oxford via Twitter

Hackney’s tower blocks have nearly 3,000 urgent fire safety jobs that need doing, according to Fire Risk Assessments (FRAs) ordered by the council after the Grenfell fire.

A council spokesperson told the Citizen: “Our 1,823 FRAs identified 2,978 high priority recommendations – most of these related to things like checking leaseholders’ fire doors and the removal of obstructions.”

They added: “All of the high priority recommendations have been actioned and the London Fire Brigade remains satisfied with our response.”

The council has not said how many of these urgent jobs have been completed, despite the Citizen having asked for this information for several months.