Cladding for Grenfell Tower was cheaper, more flammable option…
(Omnis Exteriors asked to supply cladding £2 cheaper a square metre than fire-resistant type, investigation finds)
& more despicable actions from The S*n…
S*n journalist ‘impersonated Grenfell Tower victim’s relative at hospital’…
(King’s College hospital launches complaint with watchdog over behaviour of Sun reporter)
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/16/sun-journalist-grenfell-tower-victim-hospital
Have I heard correctly that the building that burned down had no sprinkler systems and no fire alarms?
You heard right mate - there were no sprinkler systems - and going on the article below…
'Several residents said they did not hear a building-wide alarm. One man said the first thing he heard was the sirens of emergency vehicles. How was the building’s alarm system set up?
More than one resident has claimed there was no central fire alarm system for the tower block – or that it had failed – and only smoke alarms in individual flats were working. Were they battery operated or hard-wired into the system? Board minutes suggest installing hard-wired fire alarms had been planned.’
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/14/key-questions-about-the-grenfell-tower-fire
Thankfully it was Ramadan at the time of the fire breaking out - and several Muslims (awake and sitting down to have meals) in the area raised the alarm - http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/london-tower-fire-muslims-breaking-ramadan-fast-saved-everyone-when-alarms-failed-a3565081.html
London fire: Protests grow as fire anger increases:-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40298473
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Grenfell Tower fire: protesters march as anger mounts over disaster response – live:-