Marvin Rees berated during visit to Bristol flat fire block

A woman berated Marvin Rees when he arrived at the block on Thursday

It is disrespectful the mayor of Bristol has taken four days to visit the tower block where a man died trying to escape from a fire, a resident said.

During his visit to Easton's Twinnell House for a residents' meeting earlier Marvin Rees was berated by a woman too.

Police were then called when footage showed the resident had to be held back from the mayor by a bystander.

After the meeting, Mr Rees said he had a "very constructive conversation" with the people living there.

Abdul Jabar Oryakhel, 30, died falling from the building's 16th floor as he tried to escape the fire, which the council said had been started by an electric bicycle.

Mr Rees said he had had a "very constructive conversation with residents" during the meeting

Speaking to BBC Points West before the meeting resident, Ahmed Sharif, said it was "embarrassing" that Mr Rees took four days to show his face.

"He is the man who is representing this city and yet he didn't have time to come and show his respect," Mr Sharif - who lives on the third floor with his four children - added.

Despite the building losing "one of our own", he said Mr Rees was nowhere to be seen.

After the hour-long meeting, Mr Sharif said relations with Mr Rees had improved and they had been reassured.

"We had a very good conversation about the past and present and I am very pleased with the outcome," added Mr Sharif.

"They are going to take further measures to make sure the building is safe. We feel reassured."

Mark Barrett, a resident on the fourth flour of the flats, said that around 20 residents attended the meeting to voice their concerns.

"During the meeting, people did calm down and listen (to Mr Rees), there was no point in screaming and shouting because nothing would get done," he said.

Mr Jabar Oryakhel is believed to have died after falling from the block

Speaking afterwards, Mr Rees said the building had operated "in the way it was designed to" because the fire had been contained to one flat.

"People were able to leave in an orderly way. The support measures were in place," he added.

Mr Rees said he also discussed their "wider concerns" about the quality of life in the block and "how we make sure that our housing services are as good as they need to be".

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Smoke from the fire led to eight people being taken to hospital and the evacuation of 90 residents from the council-owned block on Wills Drive in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Some of them have criticised the council for not acting on their complaints about the storage of home-made electric bicycles in the block.

They have since launched a campaign calling on the council to introduce better safety measures.

An electric bicycle started the fire

Avon Fire and Rescue visited the block on Tuesday to re-assure residents that it was safe.

Group manager at Avon Fire and Rescue, Ben Thompson, said: "The key thing here is that the measures in place at the building worked well.

"The compartmentation did not fail, the cladding was not involved with the fire and the alarm system functioned as expected."