Timber framed building fires raise doubts about the method of construction once again.

FIRE Correspondent Tony Prosser reports on the circumstances behind a spate of timber framed building fires including the near miss multiple fatality blaze at Beechmore assisted living home in Crewe.

Once again, the issue of using of timber framed construction in both residential and institutional premises has raised its head. Five fires in a period of just over two months destroying an assisted living residence, two hotels and two residential apartment blocks have made over 200 dwellings and 100 hotel rooms unfit for occupation and have once again raised the question of safety in buildings where a high reliance is placed on timber as the principal constituent of structural material.