Seven years after the Grenfell fire, another 112-flat building gutted by fire in the UK was known to have unsafe cladding, as well as failures in the London Fire Service and the local council. Fire engulfed the Spectrum tower block, fortunately with no lives lost, but causing injuries and leaving families homeless. Following the Grenfell Tower fire London, which killed over 70 people in June 2017, this was one of 4 600 buildings over 11m high in the UK identified as having non fire-safe cladding. The UK Government says that remedial work has today been completed on less than 30% of these, and started on a further 20%. Media report that work was ongoing to replace non fire-safety compliant Tespa HPL (high pressure laminate) cladding panels on the upper storeys of the Dagenham flats.
BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c07e5ke71kmo
UK Fire Brigades Union (FBU) https://www.fbu.org.uk/news/2024/08/26/dagenham-high-rise-fire-exposes-national-scandal-flammable-cladding-says-fbu
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