A SOCIAL housing provider has reassured its tenants that 'everything possible' is being done to maintain their safety after a fire swept through a high rise block in London.

Bosses at Together Housing Group said they were 'horrified' to hear about the fire in Grenfell Tower near Notting Hill, in west London in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Firefighters said the blaze killed six people and left 18 others critical.

Together Housing maintains a number of high rise blocks in Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Greater Manchester.

A spokesman for the group said: "At Together Housing fire safety is taken extremely seriously.

"We work in partnership with our colleagues in the local fire services and with professional fire risk assessors to make sure our procedures reflect best practice and are kept up-to-date.

"We would like to reassure all our tenants and nearby residents that we are confident that everything possible is done to ensure they are protected and kept safe.

"We are, however, as a precaution, double checking all of our procedures today and, over the coming weeks, will be re-issuing our fire safety advice to tenants.

"We would ask that, in the meantime, they take note of the procedures in their accommodation and contact us immediately if they are concerned or want that advice to be re-issued.

"In the coming months we expect there will be much reflection on the cause and response to the fire in London.

"We will be paying close attention to that and reacting to any lessons learned to modify our procedures if required and will advise tenants if we do this."