Professors Kim McKee and Vikki McCall, University of Stirling

Fire safety has, quite rightly, received significant media and political attention following the Grenfell Tower fire of 2017, in which 72 residents of a high-rise block in North Kensington, London lost their lives. It was one of the worst fires in the UK of recent times and a tragedy for bereaved families, survivors of the fire and the wider community.

Whilst new laws and guidance across the UK introduced measures to improve fire safety in residential homes, it has, ironically, also led to older and disabled people becoming trapped by the very fire doors designed to keep them safe.

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