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Residents of a Sheffield apartment block were told to evacuate after the building failed fire safety tests.
The North Bank building on Wicker Riverside was served a prohibition notice following an inspection by South Yorkshire Fire Service on Friday night.
Apartments on the sixth up to the 10th floor were evacuated, with residents offered emergency accommodation.
Management company Love Your Block said the issues were around smoke ventilation and fire escape procedures.
He said there were also problems with the cavity wall and cladding of the building. We are doing absolutely everything that we can to support the residents, and are having multiple conversations with the fire brigade and the council, he said.
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âI feel like I gave birth,â says Yorty, who has a 3-year-old son. âFrom the conception of the project, it was so much work that I didnât know was going to happen or hadnât considered.â
In 2018, Yorty and neighbor Erin Myers started a grant application for Lancasterâs Love Your Block program, aimed at revitalizing the Garden in the Light.
Yorty and Myers used a goal sheet to list ideas such as building a shed, creating wheelchair-accessible flower beds and new seating. Among those ideas, but listed much further down, was creating a mural to overlook the garden.