A further seven Melbourne high-rise buildings have been found to feature non-compliant building cladding, sparking fresh safety fears.

The Victorian Building Authority (VBA) is carrying out an audit following a devastating fire at the Lacrosse apartments in Melbourne’s Docklands in November 2014.

The fire spread rapidly due to flammable cladding that had been imported from China but not tested to Australian standards.

The latest buildings identified by the audit are 557-561 Little Lonsdale Street, 750 Collins Street, 410 Elizabeth Street, 92-100 Lorimer Street, 8-10 Kavanagh Street, 110-120 Kavanagh Street and 607 Swanston Street.

The VBA says the Municipal Building Surveyor has declared all the buildings safe to occupy and recommends no further action.

But Fire Protection Association Australia believes more transparency is required.

“The continued examples of non-compliance being discovered in Victoria underline that there is a crisis in relation to compliance and enforcement of the building code,” CEO Scott Williams told insuranceNEWS.com.au.

“There is a clear expectation from the legislation that buildings in Australia must comply with our building code.

“If a building doesn’t comply, questions must be asked about how this was allowed to happen, who was responsible and what mitigation will take place to achieve compliance.

“Where non-compliances exist that are assessed to have a direct impact on life safety, there needs to be transparent justification as to why no immediate action is to be taken.”