Ministers have instructed building experts to investigate the Beechmere fire in Crewe.
The Building Research Establishment (BRE), a world leading independent organisation, has been asked by the Government to look into how the fire spread so quickly.
Fire crews across the county helped tackle a large farm blaze in Broomhall, Nantwich.
The fire, believed to have started accidentally, broke out at around 12.15pm yesterday on Heatley Lane, Broomhall.
Cheshire Fire investigators are now probing the cause of the blaze which ripped through the Beechmere residential complex in Crewe.
Early indications suggest it was not a deliberate act, and the focus will be as much on how the fire spread so quickly and with devastating effect.
Police and fire chiefs have praised Crewe communities for rallying around after a massive fire ripped through a residential complex in the town.
More than 150 people were evacuated during the incident on Rolls Avenue and fire crews are still on the scene tackling the fire.
Around 150 people were evacuated today after a large blaze ripped through a retirement home in Crewe.
No one is believed to have been hurt in the incident which happened at the residential complex on Rolls Avenue.
Several fire crews battled a large hay shed blaze earlier today at a property in Wettenhall, near Nantwich.
The fire broke out at around 5.50am at an address on Winsford Road, say Cheshire Fire Service.
Fire crews were called to tackle a car blaze in Hankelow near Nantwich.
The fire started at around 12.20pm yesterday (March 16) at Hankelow Hall on Hall Lane in the village.
Fire crews had to tackle a Christmas Day chimney blaze at a house in Baddington neat Nantwich.
The fire broke out at a property on French Lane, just off Coole Lane, at around 12.20pm yesterday.
Fire crews across Cheshire tackled a large barn blaze at a farm in Tarporley last night.
The fire broke out at around 10.40pm on Hickhurst Lane, Tarporley.
Firefighters tackled a blaze in a bungalow in Nantwich.
It happened at 10.40am on Cheyne Walk, with one fire engine attended from Nantwich and two from Crewe.
Fire crews from across South Cheshire tackled a large farmland blaze near Audlem today as tinder-dry grass went up in flames.
The fire broke out at around 4.20pm today on land off Lodmore Lane, in Burleydam, near Audlem.
A car fire in Willaston near Nantwich is being treated as suspicious, fire chiefs confirmed.
The blaze broke out on Green Lane in Willaston at around 10.30pm last night (July 4).
A rapidly spreading blaze on a railway embankment in Crewe has caused delays to local services.
Firefighters have been battling the blaze off Dunwoody Way in Crewe since it started at around 1.20pm today (June 29).
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