[–] ShineShooter 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
[–] ineedbettername 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
Better picture from the article linked in OP
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[–] BentAxel 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
I don't know anything about this fire. I do know a lot about fire. To spread a fire up 27 stories from one source would have taken a LOT of fuel. Fuel can be: gasoline, untreated wood and siding. Lack of fire breaks in the walls. Untreated furniture. OR Time. From the looks of it, it looks like it filled all floors quickly, because a slower fire would burn itself out before moving to the next fuel source and it could be contained. I have been on 2000 square acre fires, it was 105 degrees, 6% humidity, August, started on a hillside, wind was making a chimney effect. It still took an hour to get there. And weeks to put it out.
[–] doginventer 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
“The police aren’t telling us anything about it.”
Residents had warned that the building - which has around 120 flats reportedly served by a single main entrance - was a fire hazard last year when rubbish piled up in a communal walkway.
The Grenfell Action Group raised their concerns in a blog post last January, saying: “The potential for a fire to break out in the communal area on the walkway does not bear thinking about as residents would be trapped in the building with no way out.”
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[–] doginventer ago
No, from the way its being reported at this stage I'm not getting that impression. Only come across mentions of a recent council funded refurbishment, and this story about the rubbish in communal areas, who knows though, still very early to get much of an idea what's happened
[–] Kill-Commies ago
Someone in another thread (who knows if they know anything) said it was mostly refugees who lived there.
[–] vivalad 1 point 2 points 3 points (+3|-1) ago
live feed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y60wDzZt8yg