Link to centres offering help and aid - http://metro.co.uk/2017/06/14/how-to...ondon-6707464/
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Link to centres offering help and aid - http://metro.co.uk/2017/06/14/how-to...ondon-6707464/
Khan says "questions need to be answered". http://www.itv.com/news/2017-06-14/s...r-block-blaze/
Questions that should already have been asked and answered.
Like why there is no means of dealing with fires in high rise buildings. Why the alarm system didn't operate? Why the single and only one way out was unsafe. Why flammable exterior cladding was chosen and recently installed? (a backhander or two behind that no doubt).
Watching the footage shows the cladding ablaze and taking the fire up the structure.
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The building has been declared 'structurally safe'. Rubbish! I know how fire affects buildings. That much sustained heat and with the undoubtedly high temperatures, will have blown and cracked much of the structural concrete. The reinforcing rods will have softened and lost much tensile strength and the steel girder and beam framework will have been similarly damaged. I would not wish to be the engineer stated the building was 'safe'. That'll come back and bite him (or her).
I just want to commend Victoria Derbyshire's coverage earlier on the BBC, very human, full of compassion. At one point she hugged a man recounting his story - very moving.
I wouldn't want to be living in the other similar blocks. Horrible thought, but to state the glaringly obvious, terrorists looking for easy targets will have spotted this. A petrol bomb would probably be all it takes for a repeat.
The owner deserves to get prosecuted for this, and I highly doubt that their insurance will cover anything due to their negligence. People have been complaining about the fire risks for years.