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Josh Halliday (@JoshHalliday) Here's one of the nine recently-refurbished Salford tower blocks that uses cladding similar to that on #Grenfell pic.twitter.com/Oj5jKxgryM

Following the news that nine tower blocks in Salford have similar cladding to that used on Grenfell Tower, residents in one of the buildings have told the Guardian that fire officers had been carrying out checks on each of its 22 floors earlier on Thursday. Many residents had also received a card from Pendleton Together marked “Urgent - please could you get in touch with us as soon as possible,” which said it referred to a fire survey.

Josh Halliday (@JoshHalliday) Salford tower block residents got this leaflet today. Some told me fire officers have been carrying out checks today on all 22 floors. pic.twitter.com/CuZJBw4PGO

Dozens of people in Thorn Court have signed a petition demanding an urgent meeting with the council’s housing provider over what it described as a lack of sprinklers and fire alarms in the block, which was refurbished only last year. Residents also ask in the petition: “Why have we never had a fire alarm test in 26 years? I have never heard one. Why haven’t we had an evacuation test?”.

Josh Halliday (@JoshHalliday) Dozens of residents here have signed petition outlining concerns about fire safety - and this was before the cladding news today pic.twitter.com/XP3hcc7Ycd

Michael Hinton said he felt especially vulnerable, being disabled and living on the 20th floor.

I’m horrified. It’s a hell of a situation, I’ve been here 14 years and I’ve been happy here but this business in London has frightened the life out of everybody. There’s three disabled people on this floor - I’m worried sick in our situation.

Angela Morgan, who also lives on the 20th floor, said the news about the cladding added to her concerns about the building’s fire safety.

There’s no sprinklers, no fire alarms, the front doors are automatic – imagine if there was a fire.

Morgan said she had lived happily in the building, which has envious views across Manchester, for seven years but had considered moving to a house since the Grenfell tower disaster. “I feel like crying - if anything happened you don’t stand a chance,” she said.