A very chipper Jezza on now.
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Corbyn is starting to develop an awful gut on him
Probably because he’s so chipper.
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Animal farm.
Awful fire at a 24 storey tower block in West London, there would have to be multiple casualties, pretty spectacular footage.
Any deaths reported yet?
Accidental or something more sinister?
No deaths reported yet, but the fire brigade and witnesses say many people are trapped and apparently some have been jumping out of windows. It looks terrible.
Nothing to suggest anything sinister, though the Guardian have found some blogs by a residents group in 2013 repeatedly warning of a fire risk and a huge fire being averted there in after a power surge and alleging a cover up by the local councils. The internet doesn’t forget.
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Looks awful. Some people were on the top floor shining torches to flag where they were but the torches went out as the flames engulfed them. A number of other people were roaring out their apartment windows with their number so people could get to them from the inside but the flames were so broad its likely a lot of them had no option but to jump.
Madness that most peoples first thought was to wonder if this was terrorist related too. Its a strange world we live in now.
I’d wait for the definitive word from our man on the ground before I’d rule it out.
This might tip him over the edge.
Fears it might collapse now, so they’re evacuating people from all the neighbouring areas.
Fatalities just confirmed although no numbers yet
There would have to be lots of fatalities, that’s a big building, the footage of it in flames is horrendous, there must be at least dozens of people trapped in there.
It’s just going to get worse unfortunately
Footage is horrendous
Well flagged by the residents
Heads are going to roll over this terrible and what would seem avoidable tragedy
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Reading that it doesn’t sound like any major issues?
Just that the landlords wouldn’t take away the rubbish dumped in the hallway by residents?
They recently spent over £10m doing the place up including putting up cladding on the outside. The cladding went up in flames apparently and allowed the fire to travel from one floor to the next much faster than it should in a traditional concrete building. There has been a few other incidents in high rises around the world believed to have been made worse by cladding in the last few years.
There’s plenty of other posts on the subject like this one from last Nov.
It is our conviction that a serious fire in a tower block or similar high density residential property is the most likely reason that those who wield power at the KCTMO will be found out and brought to justice! The Grenfell Action Group believe that the KCTMO narrowly averted a major fire disaster at Grenfell Tower in 2013 when residents experienced a period of terrifying power surges that were subsequently found to have been caused by faulty wiring. We believe that our attempts to highlight the seriousness of this event were covered up by the KCTMO with the help of the RBKC scrutiny Committee who refused to investigate the legitimate concerns of tenants and leaseholders.
We believe that these investigations will become part of damning evidence of the poor safety record of the KCTMO should a fire affect any other of their properties and cause the loss of life that we are predicting …
In the last twenty years and despite the terrifying power surge incident in 2013 and recent fire at Adair Tower, the residents of Grenfell Tower have received no proper fire safety instructions from the KCTMO. Residents were informed by a temporary notice stuck in the lift and one announcement in a recent regeneration newsletter that they should remain in their flats in the event of fire. There are not and never have been any instructions posted in the Grenfell Tower noticeboard or on individual floor as to how residents should act in event of a fire. Anyone who witnessed the recent tower block fire at Shepherds Court, in nearby Shepherd’s Bush, will know that the advice to remain in our properties would have led to certain fatalities and we are calling on our landlord to re-consider the advice that they have so badly circulated.
The Grenfell Action Group predict that it won’t be long before the words of this blog come back to haunt the KCTMO management and we will do everything in our power to ensure that those in authority know how long and how appallingly our landlord has ignored their responsibility to ensure the heath and safety of their tenants and leaseholders. They can’t say that they haven’t been warned
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