Lots missing, including quite a few kids, makes you wonder what happened to the sprinkler system, if the refurbished was so recent why the hell wasn't one put it, no alarm system either. Someone gonna get a right kicking over this.
Fire alarms didn't go off, sprinklers failed and residents were told to 'stay put' inside their flats, survivors of the inferno in the 'third world' tower block said today.
Several people have been confirmed dead and more are missing following the fire at Grenfell Tower in north Kensington overnight, which left a further 50 people in hospital.
Survivors have described how the building's fire alarms were not working at all - and sprinklers also failed.
And it has emerged that the block's residents were told to 'stay put' in their flats in case of the fires, and the only stairwell used in the evacuation may have been blocked.
Residents have said they were only alerted to the fire by neighbours banging on doors or phone calls from people living in the area who saw the tower was alight.
Right down at street level there is anger from people waiting for news of their family, or those of friends.
Samy Radwan and Mehdi Saif, both 19, are propped up against an ambulance - here to support a mate whose cousin, one of a family of five, is missing.
They see a link between what's happened and cuts in public spending. They point to the standard of council housing, and ask why money was spent on the facade of something - rather than making sure it had a second staircase, sprinklers, and loud alarms.
Kensington and Chelsea is, they say, the "richest borough, but the most heartless".
They voted for Labour in the general election which saw the Tories lose this seat.
Residents raised concerns for a long time, they say, and now look...
As to the future fallout? Mehdi says: "It's hard to be optimistic when you are the last priority of anyone else."
its also not a council run building, but managed by a private company that was cited by the London fire Service last year for safety concerns at several of its buildings.
That which does not kill us makes us angry and weak
I doubt that the managing company gets final say over fire alarm/ sprinkler system installation, would think they would mostly collect rent and deal with day to day issues, in the private world the company would send the insurance company any money saved over not having up-to-date fire alarm/sprinkler system, unless you are a slum lord and don't bother with insurance,
I doubt that the managing company gets final say over fire alarm/ sprinkler system installation, would think they would mostly collect rent and deal with day to day issues, in the private world the company would send the insurance company any money saved over not having up-to-date fire alarm/sprinkler system, unless you are a slum lord and don't bother with insurance,
I thought there were laws about this and the managing company would also be in breach of them if they noticed the building was not up to date with fire safety requirements and did nothing.