Fire in london

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People were throwing their children out the window to try and save them
 
Well they can’t rescue anyone from the building anymore. Too dangerous. You can see families trapped , looking out windows
 
I was gone all evening and didn’t learn of the fire until about one hour ago.
What a tragedy! The entire building engulfed in flames! Do they have any idea if everyone was able to get out? What time was it there when the fire was discovered?
I will go to prayer forum and offer prayers.
 
7_Sorrows said:
I was gone all evening and didn’t learn of the fire until about one hour ago.
What a tragedy! The entire building engulfed in flames! Do they have any idea if everyone was able to get out? What time was it there when the fire was discovered?
I will go to prayer forum and offer prayers.
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Witnesses are saying the fire started in one flat, maybe gas related, as the gas supply had reported leaks and was being fixed, The big factor seems to be the cladding on the outside of the building. The fire started around 12.30 pm.

People were trapped and some people got out. People were screaming for help.

The fire is still going and the building might collapse.

It’s such an horrific incident.

But the cause is only speculative at this point. Except for the action of the cladding in causing such a swift engulfment of flames.
 
Roseeurekacross said:
Witnesses are saying the fire started in one flat, maybe gas related, as the gas supply had reported leaks and was being fixed, The big factor seems to be the cladding on the outside of the building. The fire started around 12.30 pm.

People were trapped and some people got out. People were screaming for help.

The fire is still going and the building might collapse.

It’s such an horrific incident.

But the cause is only speculative at this point. Except for the action of the cladding in causing such a swift engulfment of flames.
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What is cladding?
 
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What is cladding?
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Reasons for the fire are now being discussed on the news, materials, construction and maintenance are being cited. There were complaints about some of these things that were ignored,

Apparently this building didnt have a fire alarm system

The cladding is described as a plastic type coating on the outside of the building. It covers bare walls, or in a weatherboard home, covers up the weather boards. You guys might call it siding?
 
Roseeurekacross said:
Reasons for the fire are now being discussed on the news, materials, construction and maintenance are being cited. There were complaints about some of these things that were ignored,

Apparently this building didnt have a fire alarm system

The cladding is described as a plastic type coating on the outside of the building. It covers bare walls, or in a weatherboard home, covers up the weather boards. You guys might call it siding?
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Oh okay. Do they still think the building might collapse? It doesn’t look very safe for the firemen to enter to look for bodies.
I hope they find out how the fire originated.
 
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Oh okay. Do they still think the building might collapse? It doesn’t look very safe for the firemen to enter to look for bodies.
I hope they find out how the fire originated.
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Yes, the cordon around the building keeps being moved back be because they’re worried it might collapse. I heard on the news that it possibly originated from a fire caused by a refrigerator, but that’s not been confirmed yet.

ETA: people living near the building are hearing cracking noises coming from it :bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-london-40239008
Horrific. Those poor, poor people.

Lou
 
I was horrified to hear about this in the early hours of the morning, to know that people were trapped inside in such terrifying circumstances. This has been a serious failure of fire safety, apparently there wasn’t even an alarm and no evacuations had ever been held.

Once the search and recovery operation is fully concluded (and many, many people are unaccounted for, it seems), questions need to be answered about an incident of this magnitude.

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So sad.
 
Vouthon said:
Once the search and recovery operation is fully concluded (and many, many people are unaccounted for, it seems), questions need to be answered about an incident of this magnitude.
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A local community group had been publishing in its newsletter that the building had serious safety issues and predicting that it would take a large tragic disaster to get anyone to take notice and do something, as apparently their complaints about this over some time had been falling on deaf ears. It also sounds like many of these towers may have similar safety problems.

Sad that people have to die in order to get the attention of those in charge.
 
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