A council tenant whose shower unit burst into flames says she feels the authority has not taken a recall of unsafe units seriously enough.
Tina McCusker had to call the fire brigade on Boxing Day when the Triton Safeguard + unit in her Park North home caught fire while her teenage daughter was using it.
Tina said: "She pulled the isolation switch, so it was safe. But the firefighters said they knew the unit had been recalled by the manufacturers.
"When the council electrician came out, he said he didn't know anything about the recall."
Triton confirm that a recall of some Safeguard + units was made earlier in December.
A spokesman added that a in some cases, notice of the fault in a batch of the units was made significantly earlier: "Triton has investigated and is remediating a potential fault which under very rare circumstances and in a small number of cases can affect Safeguard+ electric showers sold before December 2016. 
"We began a phased programme of activity to notify all relevant organisations in February 2017, followed by a Product Safety Notice which was issued in mid-December 2018 to capture any outstanding product.” 
Last week, a council electrician installed a different unit in Tina's bathroom, as she'd said she didn't want another of the same model.
She said: "He told me they'd only been told the day before that these units were faulty and they were to check them if there was a call about a problem.
"I don't think that's good enough - if someone's called because of a fire or electrical problem with a shower unit, that's too late to be checking. I think they should be checking them now."
A council spokesman said: “We were made aware of the problem with the product back in February 2017. We were told that in very rare circumstances, and in a very small number of cases, if the shower is left running for prolonged periods of time the circuit board may overheat and cause the casing to melt.
“However, the notification letter we received from Triton outlining the problems with the product was entirely precautionary. Triton did not indicate that the shower unit posed a fire risk or the risk of an electric shock. In fact, Triton, in consultation with Trading Standards, classified the defect as Low Risk under the Product Safety Directive.

“We have devices fitted to Council homes that will instantly break the electric circuit if a Triton electric shower overheats, which will prevent anyone from coming to any harm.
“The safety of our tenants is of paramount importance. With the Council’s programme of electrical safety inspections and electrical upgrades, residents can be assured that their homes are completely safe.
“However, we have committed to inspecting all showers either installed or replaced between May 2014 and December 2016, as indicated in the Which report.”