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Post by perrykneeham on Jun 14, 2017 4:44:13 GMT
"A huge fire has raged through the night at a tower block in Latimer Road, west London, with eyewitnesses claiming people are trapped in their homes." www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40269625Hard to believe in this day and age. Someone's gonna get the bullet here. |
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Post by jimboky on Jun 14, 2017 4:51:36 GMT
good luck to them
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Post by perrykneeham on Jun 14, 2017 5:04:34 GMT
It'll be interesting to see if it stays up.
It is said to be of concrete construction so I wonder if that's steel-reinforced concrete or concrete-clad steel frame.
Still, if everyone's got out, then the means of escape have worked. Doesn't sound like it though, I'm sorry to say.
The ES is suggesting that the cause was a discarded fag. I'd love to know how they know that.
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Post by nobody on Jun 14, 2017 5:39:24 GMT
God help and good luck to all the people affected.
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Post by Psalms on Jun 14, 2017 5:41:42 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2017 5:55:52 GMT
Is it down in its own footprint yet? Any untouched ones alongside it?
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Post by perrykneeham on Jun 14, 2017 6:09:40 GMT
This has got Mossad's fingerprints all over it!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2017 6:53:04 GMT
And they've found a couple of passports in the ashes!
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Post by Repat Van on Jun 14, 2017 7:03:06 GMT
It's even dominating the news over here bizarrely.
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Post by perrykneeham on Jun 14, 2017 7:15:08 GMT
"A number of fatalities" now being reported.
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Post by nobody on Jun 14, 2017 7:37:29 GMT
It would have been nothing short of a miracle if there were no fatalities
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2017 11:28:33 GMT
"A number of fatalities" now being reported. Quite a lot I'd imagine, if there's anything left of them to discover. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2017 11:51:54 GMT
The Labour Party proposed an amendment to the Government’s new Housing and Planning Bill – that would required private landlords to make their homes safe and “fit for human habitation” last year – but it was rejected by the Conservatives. link |
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Post by Whiterum on Jun 14, 2017 12:09:46 GMT
The tower block should have been knocked down years ago. There are no tower blocks like that here, the highest here is only five stories high. The poor people must be in shock, and will be for a very long time.
Jamie Oliver has opened his restaurant to all those affected by the fire.
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Post by perrykneeham on Jun 14, 2017 12:17:18 GMT
The Labour Party proposed an amendment to the Government’s new Housing and Planning Bill – that would required private landlords to make their homes safe and “fit for human habitation” last year – but it was rejected by the Conservatives. linkPrivate landlords. This was LBK&C wasn't it? |
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Post by jimboky on Jun 14, 2017 12:54:17 GMT
heard it was just remodeled, would think they would have included sprinklers,
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Post by jimboky on Jun 14, 2017 14:02:59 GMT
The tower block should have been knocked down years ago. There are no tower blocks like that here, the highest here is only five stories high. The poor people must be in shock, and will be for a very long time. Jamie Oliver has opened his restaurant to all those affected by the fire. High rise apartments are here, though the newer ones (under 40 years) have sprinklers, older ones usually have them retrofitted during any major remodel, insurance usually requires it, this was a government building? |
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Post by Whiterum on Jun 14, 2017 14:11:58 GMT
By Government building ,you mean not private, then yes.Local council building I believe.
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Post by jimboky on Jun 14, 2017 14:13:22 GMT
yeah, that's what I mean.
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Post by jimboky on Jun 14, 2017 14:15:35 GMT
I saw a headline on DM that it didn't even have fire alarm?
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