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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.
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.”
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
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[–] ineedbettername 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
Better picture from the article linked in OP
[–] Lemongarb 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
People from 3rd world countries don't always understand simple safety. They probably had a cooking fire in their apartment.
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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.
[–] vivalad 1 point 2 points 3 points (+3|-1) ago
live feed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y60wDzZt8yg
[–] Vhaine 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Im not saying muslims...but muslims.
[–] 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.”
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/screaming-people-trapped-as-fire-engulfs-24storey-tower-block-in-notting-hill-a3564526.html
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[–] Kill-Commies ago
Someone in another thread (who knows if they know anything) said it was mostly refugees who lived there.
[–] 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
[–] ShineShooter 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
I bet it was those ebil russians behind this