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An investigation is underway into concerns a North Wales fire station may be clad in the same material that burned ‘like a tinder box’ during the London tower block disaster that is feared to have killed more than 100 people.

Copper cladding manufactured by the same company responsible for the Grenfell Tower refurbishment was used on the Deeside station, the Daily Post has learned.

Drawings for the building, on Chester Road East in Queensferry , show it was set to be clad in Reynobond like Grenfell Tower.

The ‘copper patina’ cladding comes in a standard polyethylene form and in a ‘fire safe’ version.

But North Wales Fire and Rescue service said it does not know which version of the cladding is on the building.

A spokesman said: “The Fire Service is working with local authorities to find out what cladding public buildings have got and whether that cladding is fire retardant.

“We are unable to say whether cladding used on the new building on Deeside is the fire retardant type or not.”

Reynobond is a brand belonging to American firm Alcoa, who used to own the aluminium production site in Dolgarrog , now surf Snowdonia.

According to media reports, using the fire retardant version on the Grenfell Tower refurbishment would have costs around £5,000 more than the polyethylene type.

Alyn and Deeside MP Mark Tami backed the fire service’s audit of its public buildings.

He said: “I drove past Grenfell House yesterday and it’s just a terrible site.

“Clearly these things happen this way round and we should find out about these problems before, but clearly we have to learn the lessons.

(Image: Kensington and Chelsea Borough Council)

“I fully support that we do need to look at any building, especially tall structures to find out whether the cladding itself and what is underneath the cladding is unsafe.”

Although a public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaster is yet to begin, eye-witnesses said the fire travelled quickly up the outside of the building during the small hours of Wednesday morning.

So far 30 people have been confirmed dead and 24 remain in hospital, 12 of whom are critical, although authorities say the final death toll could be as high as 100.