Two of the Isle of Man fire brigade’s six inspectors are currently focused exclusively on building safety inspections following London’s Grenfell Tower tragedy.

The fire brigade’s Carl Kinvig said the process, which started a couple of weeks ago, would continue for a few months but so far no serious problems had come to light.

’We are starting off with flats then moving on to anything with five storeys or more,’ he said.

’Other buildings like hotels and boarding houses will in many cases have received recent inspections so we will identify the ones that have not had that in the last 12 months and start off with them.’

So far, the inspections have not turned up anything seriously wrong.

’At the moment there are just minor things like a fire door not sealing properly. Inspections of flats will also look at communal areas, checking they are clear and accessible in the event of a fire,’ he said.

The island has no real high rise buildings and none has that type of cladding as far as the fire inspectors are aware, but extra checks are being made with planning and building control to try to identify any recent buildings that might have used it in their construction.

’We are getting daily updates from colleagues in the UK, but we don’t want to go over the top and worry people unnecessarily,’ he said.

Checks are being carried out in the UK with some 60 high rise buildings in 25 different local authorities in England identifed so far as having the same type of cladding as the Grenfell Tower block.