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posted by martyb on Monday June 26 2017, @07:52AM   Printer-friendly
from the Going-With-The-Crowd dept.

From ABC News:

The list of high-rise apartment towers in Britain that have failed fire safety tests grew to 60, officials said Sunday, revealing the mounting challenge the government faces in the aftermath of London's Grenfell Tower fire tragedy.

All of the buildings for which external cladding samples were so far submitted failed combustibility tests, Communities Secretary Sajid Javid said. As of late Sunday, that includes 60 towers from 25 different areas of the country — double the figure given a day earlier.

More from the BBC:

The Local Government Association said some councils have introduced 24-hour warden patrols to mitigate the risk before cladding is removed.

It said in a statement: "Where cladding fails the test, this will not necessarily mean moving residents from tower blocks.

"In Camden, the decision to evacuate was based on fire inspectors' concerns about a combination of other fire hazards together with the cladding."

So it looks like, far from an isolated thing, basically everyone had the bright idea to do this.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 26 2017, @08:55PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 26 2017, @08:55PM (#531530)

    Sure, mark my comment as a troll. Meanwhile architecture and engineering firms push their green, energy-saving, and affordable designs, which end up being fire traps. Why do you think fire-safety regulations are being cut in Washington, DC, Massachusetts, and Wisconsin (all blue states). Indiana is the one outlier.

    Human attention is limited, and if we focus too much on less important things (energy savings), we are bound to get bitten by critical issues (fire safety).

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 26 2017, @09:17PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 26 2017, @09:17PM (#531550)

    Hi Troll. I coat my penis in petroleum jelly to make sure it is protected in case of friction burns. Little did I realize that a simple fridge fire in the lower levels would set the whole thing ablaze. I got quite the shock I can tell you! Thanks for all the tips xxx