The Department of Education has completed emergency inspections on four of five schools “similarly” built by the firm behind another unit found to be a fire trap, but will not release any findings until full reports are compiled.

The company that built a 200-child primary school in 2008 — found, by accident, six years later to have serious fire safety concerns — has constructed at least 25 other schools for the State, including two since the issues emerged.

Immediate safety audits at five schools are to be carried out by the Department of Education following revelations earlier this week that a “similarly built” school developed by the same firm was discovered to be a serious fire safety hazard.