Off Topic London Fire

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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.
 
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,
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 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.

unfortunately it takes a tragedy like this for things to get safer.
 
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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.
 
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.
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.
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!
 
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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