"Crews used a CO2 extinguisher as well as the
dry riser to tackle the fire.
They added: "The stairway and
dry riser cupboard were also damaged by smoke."
And she blasted the tower's
dry riser system - the pipes that firefighters use to pump water to tackle a blaze - which relies on an external supply with good water pressure.
But they then discovered parts of a
dry riser, used to pump water from appliances up multi-storey buildings, had been removed.
A total of 23
dry riser valves - each worth pounds 14 as scrap - were stripped from the flats in Knightswood, Glasgow.
Bush Fire, a fire protection engineering company in Middlesex, turned to LDV's Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) department to design a bespoke unit to test
dry riser systems in high rise buildings.
"I would also like to know when the
dry riser equipment was last inspected and endorsed.
The flats'
dry riser was used to take water to the seventh floor to tackle the blaze.
Chilled ceiling panels are suspended from the slab, flanked by cable trays, fluorescent tubes, emergency lighting, fire detectors and a
dry riser sprinkler system to prevent accidental damage to the art works.
| | Never tamper with internal fire mains (
dry riser) inlets on landings.
A spokesman for Strathclyde Fire and Rescue said
dry riser outlets were vandalised on the 7th, 8th and 9th floors.