Horrific As for the earlier question around sprinklers, most tower blocks aren't sprinklered as they are not required by current standards
It obviously wasn't supposed to be flammable and they don't yet know exactly what happened, though it certainly seems to have caught fire much more easily than it should,
It was indeed and has been linked to other fires in Paris and other cities and there had been numerous appeals for there to be efforts made to implement stricter fire safety at this particular block as a result.
yeah, thats what I mean.. Id have thought they would use a flame resistant material. so flames wouldn't spread up the outside so ****ing fast
It's the stuff of nightmares, for the residents and the firefighters. A lot of talk about cladding, and the pictures showing the flames shooting up the side of the building. I hope someone is reviewing all the work done at HRI recently.
i read the one about a woman throwing her baby out of a 9th or 10th floor window and a man catching the baby
HRI is an accident waiting to happen.. they don't build hospitals vertically anymore, purely for that reason. IF there was a fire there, just how will they get the patients down the stairs in their beds?
Sadly, I think it's likely to rise dramatically. There were up to 600 people in the building and many didn't know about the fire until it was too late, the fire brigade couldn't even get to the top two floors.
The news makes grim reading of late , surely the country is due some good news soon - I can't imagine the fear being trapped in that, bad times
All in top three floors feared lost. It's another terrible tragedy; sympathy for all those lost and those who have lost relatives, family, friends. BUT No fire alarms in common areas - corridors and stairwells!
Some serious health and safety questions will need answering , there will be some people who have signed things off sweating now ..
Spoiler: very harrowing image.. be advised please log in to view this image one of the most shocking pictures i've ever seen
In truth, I can't bring myself to focus on it or think about it in any considered way, particularly when I think of the children. RIP
