More than 300 Scots high-rises do not have sprinkler systems

ALEXANDER BRITTON

sprinkler systems high-rise.

But the figures reveal 67 blocks in Glasgow, 59 in Aberdeen and 48 in Edinburgh and North Lanarkshire are without the devices, with a total of 319 across the country.

A senior firefighter said sprinklers were a “proven” way to prevent the spread of fire in buildings and could “drastically reduce the threat to life”.

Opposition parties called on the Scottish Government to work with councils to ensure sprinkler systems are installed in all high-rise flats.

Scottish Conservative housing spokesman Graham Simpson said it

to a was “something which has to happen immediately”.

Scottish Labour deputy leader Alex Rowley said the Scottish Government should fund improvements needed.

Meanwhile, tenants illegally subletting flats in

The burntout remains Grenfell Tower where at least 80 lost their lives last month.

Grenfell Tower have been urged to come forward to allow emergency services to establish the true death toll from the blaze.

And The Grenfell Tower public inquiry is on the brink of losing survivors’ support unless the judge leading it is replaced, campaigners have said.

Justice 4 Grenfell, which has been representing survivors, cited concerns about the scope of the probe, adding it “needs to start again”.

Calls for Sir Martin Moore-Bick’s resignation, barely three days into the job, come after he expressed doubt the process would be broad enough to satisfy all survivors. The former Court of Appeal judge said it would be “pretty well limited” to examining cause of the fire, how it spread and how to prevent it in future.