Trapped in smouldering housing boom rubble

Michael Clifford poses questions after six houses in a boom-time estate were razed in a fire in 20 minutes despite standards stating a fire should take an hour to spread from each house.

THE fallout from a devastating fire in a Newbridge housing estate is raising concerns about fire safety and legacy issues from the building boom on a whole series of levels.

In the first instance, up to 90 homeowners in the Millford Manor estate have been placed in an unenviable position. They have been told their homes are possibly fire traps, but it’s up to them to have that confirmed or discounted, and to sort out remedial work themselves.