A full investigation has been launched into a huge fire at Bolton tower block from which more than 200 students were evacuated.
It will consider whether the cladding fitted to the exterior of the building contributed to the blaze.
Social media pictures showed how some of the cladding appeared to catch fire and melt in the heat of the inferno at The Cube student accommodation.
Salford Mayor, Paul Dennett, who leads the Greater Manchester's High Rise Taskforce set up after the Grenfell tragedy, said: "Obviously we now have to fully investigate this fire and see if there's any learning that can feed into the High Rise Taskforce."
He pointed to a 'cladding lottery' and said more money was needed from Government to tackle what he coined 'an industrial crisis'.
On one side of the building, it appeared that molten cladding had fallen to the foot of the building before the fire consumed more cladding up one face.
Two students, one of whom had to be rescued via an aerial platform, were treated at the scene by paramedics.
Like others, the building was inspected in 2017 and it found the insulation used behind the cladding did not comply with building regulations.
Although it does not have Aluminium Composite Material which was banned after Grenfell, the building is fitted with High Pressure Laminate (HPL).
The Government considers HPL safe if fitted properly although political leaders in Greater Manchester aren't so sure.
Major Burnham said the building had a cladding that 'causes concern and raises issues that will now have to be addressed nationally'.
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"I'm sure there will be many people living in buildings with cladding today who will be very worried about what they saw last night and will be wondering about their safety and the safety of their children.
We know that the Prime Minister is visiting today and we will be looking to him to understand the implications of what happened last night and to see if we now need to go further to remove cladding that's on other buildings and give those families piece of mind that they probably don't currently have," he added.
He said he was seeking a 'long term solution'.
Sandra Ruiz, from Grenfell United, whose whose 12-year old niece Jessica Urbano Ramirez died in the fire, said she was 'shocked at the images we saw last night' and had wanted to come to 'help in any way we could'.
She described the issue of cladding as a 'national issue we all need to solve'.
