Owner of Northern Quarter tower block hit by two fires in as many years explains why alarms didn't sound until everyone was outside

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The owner of a Northern Quarter tower block hit by two fires in as many years has explained why fire alarms didn't sound until everyone was already outside after a blaze at the weekend.

Residents were alerted to the blaze in the Lighthouse on Joiner Street by a Tesco security guard who 'screamed at the top of his lungs' to wake people up until help arrived.

Several residents reported that they did not hear a fire alarm, and were awoken by people shouting and banging pots and pans at around 7.30am on Sunday morning.

The fire, which is believed to have started on a balcony on the fourth or fifth floor, is the second one to have broken out in recent years at the 20-storey Lighthouse building.