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Many Tiger Bay families were eventually able to move back to the area but it was forever changed, the rows of terraces replaced by a council estate of high rise flats and maisonettes.

The Grade II listed Balfron Tower in Poplar has 146 flats and maisonettes, and is managed by property management company Way of Life, which has said it is investigating the situation.

Several blocks of maisonettes were demolished though, leaving behind land which has lain derelict for more than a decade.

Kelly Reilly loved her dog "like a baby" before it caused severe injuries to her head and throat on July 22 in her maisonette in Wexford Road, Wood End, Coventry Coroner's Court heard.

Crews called to The Coppice shortly before 04:40 GMT found a severe fire in a first-floor maisonette flat, that affected the entire property.