Fife Council has created a new group to review health and safety issues across tower blocks in the region.

The Fife Multi-Storey Blocks Review Group has been established in response to the Grenfell Tower tower blaze in London.

Containing representatives from Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, the Group will carry out inspections of cladding and health and safety procedures across tower blocks in Fife, focussing first on the multi-storey blocks that have already been over clad and those in the 2017/18 over cladding programme.

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Inspections are already underway on multi-storey blocks, including the privately owned Raeburn Heights in Glenrothes.

In addition, Housing Management Officers (HMOs) have started visiting tenants in all council-owned multi-storey flats to discuss concerns and reassure them about the council's cladding work.

Once the Review Group has completed visits to multi-storey flats, it will move on to visit low-rise flats and other properties over the next 12 weeks.

Head of Housing Services, John Mills said: "We were able to reassure the public quickly last week that the over cladding materials used on properties in Fife are non-combustible boards with a Class O fire rating.

"However, the Review Group has been set up to discover if there are any health and safety improvements the council can make to further reassure tenants in Fife's multi-storey blocks."

(LM)