Row over 'overflowing bins' at Salford apartment block which residents claim are 'real danger to life'

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Fire officers have carried out safety checks at a Salford apartment block following complaints a bin storage room presented a ‘real danger to life’ for residents.

Images taken by Adelphi Wharf apartment block resident Toby Lynch, 38, appeared to show plastic bags full rubbish bulging out of the fire door on the bin storage room. “There is a real danger to life and a massive safety breach,” he wrote in an email to the property management. “The bin shed is overspilling with rubbish and has now breached two fire doors.” Around 500 people live in the Adelphi Street complex, which is managed by Xenia Estates and sits a stone’s throw from the University of Salford.

But according to the firm, the blame for the piles of rubbish lies elsewhere. They claim a representative from their team visited the site on Friday (December 27), where it was found rubbish had been deposited on the floor, rather than in the nearby bins - which were mostly 'empty'.

Its team, Xenia Estates said, removed the bags of rubbish by transferring them into the bins. A representative from the firm added a reminder will be sent to all residents regarding the availability of bins in the next few days.