That concludes our live page coverage on the Barton House evacuation.

Remember - if you are a resident and need support the number to call until 22:00 GMT is 0800 694 0184.

The latest on this story can be found here.

Avon Fire and Rescue Service gave advice to Bristol City Council about Barton House.

A spokeswoman said: “The approach the council are taking as responsible persons of the building is appropriate and proportional.

"We are in support of this to ensure that residents are kept safe.”

Bristol City Council has issued an update to say its helpline will be available until 22:00 GMT.

If you are a resident and need support, call 0800 694 0184.

The line will then reopen at 08:30 on Thursday.

Khalil Abdi, of Bristol Horn Youth Concern, told PA: “It is shock and panic, people finished work, picked up their children then they got the news from the media.

“The whole area is shocked, not only this building.

“I saw people having panic attacks, falling on the floor. It was very difficult for the residents and the community.

“The work the council need to do today is to provide information – how long are people going to be away from their homes? How long are they going to be in temporary accommodation? They need assurances.”

Mr Abdi said families with children or those who were vulnerable were put in hotels on Tuesday night, while single people were placed in City Hall.

“Some people have been at Barton House since they came to this country and are attached to this building,” he added.

Carla Denyer, co-leader of the Green Party and Bristol councillor, has called for an investigation into why the structural concerns have only just been discovered.

She said: "I think there needs to be an investigation into why it has taken so long for this fault to be identified."

Ms Denyer said it was important to find out if any others buildings in England of a similar type and age would be affected.

Dan Johnson
West of England correspondent

Bristol City Council says it has notified the government’s Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities about the structural issue which forced the evacuation of Barton House.

It is updating other national bodies as well, because failures - particularly in concrete structures - have blighted buildings across the country.

The council says Barton House is not affected by the same reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac) which has caused issues in many schools and hospitals.

This is a different structural weakness which experts have warned could prove catastrophic to the structural integrity of Barton House if it suffered a fire, explosion or sudden impact, like being hit by a car.

Barton House was built in 1958. We understand it was constructed using concrete slabs fixed together in a design known as Large Panel System (LPS). Other LPS buildings have been compromised and many have been inspected and upgraded in recent years.

The council says this latest issue does not affect other buildings in the city. But problems with this type of construction had already been highlighted nationwide and this latest discovery could have further implications across the country.

Lawrence Hill councillor Yassin Mohamud said the council would be visiting the nine households later who decided to stay in Barton House.

A further 29 properties had nobody in for the council to speak to on Wednesday.

Speaking to BBC Radio Bristol, Mr Mohamud said: "My advice is for everyone to think about the safety and we are doing another door-knocking this afternoon for residents.

"We need to make sure the residents stay safe whilst the building is still being assessed.

"We are looking at future options and will come up with a solution for the residents."

Nuh Sharif, a Barton House resident, said he spent a "difficult" night in a hotel.

He said he did not think he would ever return to living in Barton House as he would not feel safe.

"I don't want to put my wife and kids at risk," he said.

"Last night was very difficult for me and my kids.

"I am not sure what will happen next.

"[The Council] put us in a hotel last night and we didn't sleep.

"We have come back to try and get more information about what next," he added.

BBC Breakfast reporter John Maguire explains the latest on why hundreds of people have been forced to leave their homes in Bristol.

Barton House resident Wilfred Stewart continued: "This crack has been here for years and it's by my back door. The wall is almost separated from the door."

Mr Stewart said there were lots of elderly people who lived in the building, as well as children.

He added: "Some people managed to get hotels for the night but a lot of people went to the mosque or the GP clinic over the road.

"I hope we get better communication today."

Wilfred Stewart lives in a flat on the 10th floor of Barton House. He invited the BBC into his home earlier.

The 50-year-old slept in his car because he was worried he would not be able to park it at City Hall.

"I told them I won't go down there if my car won't go. [The council] said they couldn't guarantee it would go in the car park so I said I'd rather stay in the car as I have loads of stuff in there," he said.

Mr Stewart's flat has cracks in the walls and in what appears to be supporting beams.

He added the issues had been there for a "long time" and he had painted over the cracks a number of times but they had kept reappearing.

Residents shared their shock and anxiety about the evacuation on Tuesday evening.

The owners of Cafe Conscious in Barton Hill said the site opened up "straight away" on Tuesday to be a "safe space" for people.

Cafe Conscious was due to officially open in two weeks, but its owners wanted to help their community and have gathered nappies and basic supplies for people.

They added they were "so grateful" to everyone for the help.

"Today we have lentil soup, we have hot drinks, we have a warm space if they want to sit down and chat - they know us around this area so if they want somewhere to come and just be, we're open for them," they said.

Councillor Kye Dudd said Barton House was not built according to design plans, which meant the level of risk posed to residents was "unacceptable".

He said: "[The issue] is with the concrete sections and how they're tied to the walls, so actually if the building was built to design we wouldn't have this problem.

"The issue is within the construction of the building and the job that was done at the time."

He said the building was particularly at risk from fire.

"We had five fires in high-rise blocks last year so in terms of the level of risk, that is unacceptable. We just can't take that risk," Mr Dudd added.

Councillor Kye Dudd, cabinet member for housing services and energy, said he first laid eyes on a report on Monday which highlighted structural defects in the building.

Speaking to BBC Radio Bristol, he said: "I had a briefing on Monday where the report from the structural engineer was presented to me and it looked really bad.

"I said we needed to prepare for a potential emergency evacuation but we also had to seek further advice from the fire brigade.

"The following day we had another meeting with all the extra information and we had some prep in terms of where we would potentially move people.

"We had to take the decision with the information we had in front of us, as the safety with residents is paramount and we can't take the risk on that."

He said the decision to evacuate was made at 14:00 GMT on Tuesday.

Councillor Craig Cheney, deputy mayor of Bristol, said it was "difficult" to say when people would be able to return home. He said more surveys would be done later this week.

Speaking to BBC Breakfast's John Maguire, Mr Cheney said: "It's our oldest building and we were carrying out surveys to see how long the building had left in it.

"During that survey we uncovered a structural issue in three of the flats out of the 98 in the building."

Mr Cheney continued: "Safety of residents is absolutely paramount and we have asked everyone to leave last night and today we are working on emergency measures.

"It's difficult, we will conduct more surveys this week.

"If we find no further problems that probably lengthens the process as we will have to continue to survey until we can identify the scale of the problem.

"If we find problems in every flat then it is a whole different response."

A first-floor resident who has been living in Barton House for six years said she stayed in the tower block on Tuesday night and would be staying again on Wednesday night.

Speaking to BBC Radio Bristol's Sandra Green, she said: "I didn't leave.

"There was advice to go along to certain points, I went along and nobody knew what was going on.

"There is no update yet today and I am going to be back tonight."

Another woman, who has been living at the building for nine years, said she stayed at a friend's home with her two children.

"After tonight I don't know where I am going to go," she said.

Donations have been left at a community centre in the Barton Hill area.

Wellspring Settlement became a hub for people to congregate at late on Tuesday.

The items left include nappies.

Our reporter at the scene, Chris Arnold, has been told no one stayed overnight at the centre.

A woman has said she and some other residents chose to stay in the tower block because they had "nowhere else to go".

Speaking to BBC Radio Bristol's Chris Arnold, the woman said she "did not see this coming" and has had a sleepless night.

"There was no forewarning, we were just told to get out that night and if we stayed in the building it was at our own risk.

"Some of us did stay because we've got pets and everything there and we have got nowhere else to go," she said.

"I haven't slept properly all night, it's just the uncertainty of not knowing what to do, I don't know where to stay, the anxiety is really bad.

"I just feel drained and numb, I just don't know what to do," she continued.

She said some people had spent the night in hotels, others with friends and family, and some had stayed at the local school.