I don't know if this has featured on the news in other parts of the world but a fire started in a towerblock flat late Tuesday night and the place just went up like a match. The fire caught hold unbelievably fast travelling up the building aided by the cladding that had recently been applied to the exterior. We haven't been given a final death toll but considering the folk who were trapped inside - whole families on upper floors - it is going to be high and is incredibly sad when you see pictures of the people who are missing and hear accounts about how, in their final minutes, many took to social media to say their goodbyes to family and friends. The fire seems to have confounded normal fire fighting practise and the people who stayed put put in their flats behind fire doors have died. Fire services are still going through the block and we are hearing today that it may be impossible to identify people.
Apparently this cladding may have caused similar fast travelling fires in Dubai and it seems dangerous to wrap buildings in this stuff. If anyone lives in a cladded block demand the cladding is checked out for fire proofing.
Apparently this cladding may have caused similar fast travelling fires in Dubai and it seems dangerous to wrap buildings in this stuff. If anyone lives in a cladded block demand the cladding is checked out for fire proofing.
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