Persimmon Homes writes to homeowners telling them new-build properties may be fire risk

A controversial house-building firm that boasted £1bn profit off the back of the help-to-buy scheme has written to 1,000 residents - warning their properties may be a fire hazard. Persimmon Homes been accused of putting lives at risk by skimping on fire safety measures after contacting hundreds of people living in new builds. The homes may have been built without essential barriers to slow the spread of fires putting many lives could be at risk. The issue was first highlighted after a fire broke out and was able to spread from house to house on an estate in Exeter, Devon in April last year.