#tower block fire

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Grenfell Tower fire

On Wednesday 14th of June, London had a very somber awakening. A fire in the early morning had engulfed a 24 story tower block in under 30 minutes with the occupants inside. In the moment I heard it, I went there to try and get personal stories. Still it’s very early and the sorrows very clear but the amazing community and how the people from all over the city has responded so rapidly and with such a great heart and generosity gives a sense of hope and an overwhelming emotion that I can’t describe. This is just a few and early scenes documenting what is happening at the area surrounding Grenfell Tower in London.

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Look at Grenfell Tower and see the terrible price of Britain’s inequality | Lynsey Hanley

The privileged can buy their safety – high-rise dwellers and the poor are condemned to second-class status

Lynsey Hanley looks at the Grenfell Tower fire in London and the issues of inequality in the UK that arise from the case of the tower block.

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Added some of my wares to the growing piles of donations to help those in need after the Grenfell fire.

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Milan mayor says cladding melted in tower block blaze, as in London's Grenfell

The mayor of Italy's financial capital Milan demanded answers on Monday over why a fire was able to rip through an apartment block and melt

The mayor of Italy's financial capital Milan demanded answers on Monday over why a fire was able to rip through an apartment block and melt its cladding, comparing it to the Grenfell Tower fire in London that killed 71 people four years ago.

Firefighters said everyone managed to escape the 18 storey building in the south of Milan, which was gutted by the blaze that broke out on Sunday afternoon. Among the residents in the high rise building was rapper Mahmood, winner of the 2019 San Remo music festival with his international hit 'Soldi'.

Witnesses have said the fire, which started on the 15th floor, quickly surged through the outside cladding of the building. Video of the blaze showed panels melting off the building in liquefied clumps.

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The building was 10 years old while Grenfell was over 50. The cladding on the Grenfell building was slightly younger than that in Milan. Who thought it was a good idea to wrap building in flammable materials. Somebody in each case should be in prison however that's unlikely in both.

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