World's largest shroud covers Britain's shame
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I can put up with idiots changing their profile image and location for no reason, but I do struggle with this same idiots posting crap, avoiding issues when they know their argument is null, and moving on to some other ramble to deflect attention from their own weak position.
You know it, I know it, others can see it. You chat waffle.
You know it, I know it, others can see it. You chat waffle.
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Exactly
Nothing wrong with that, says Woody
you're not allowed to mention a national tragedy, says woody.
Better write to the newspapers and tell them to stop publishing.
yes they did, says woody. don't you dare criticise them.
Gosh, who could have foreseen such a thing?
"Similar fires
The following are similar fires that spread through exterior wall assemblies (cladding, insulation, wall) containing combustible components. Most of them involved high-rise buildings.
United Kingdom and Isle of Man
The 2005 Harrow Court fire in Stevenage caused three deaths.
- 1973 Summerland disaster – leisure centre fire in Douglas, Isle of Man, worsened by the ignition of flammable acrylic sheeting covering the building, led to at least 50 deaths.[367][368]
- 1991 Knowsley Heights fire – a fire in a tower block in Liverpool that had recently been fitted with rain screen cladding spread from the bottom to the top of the building via the 90 mm air gap behind the cladding.[369][370]
- 1999 Garnock Court fire – the fire in a tower block in Irvine, North Ayrshire, spread rapidly up combustible cladding,[167] resulting in one death and four injured.[371] The incident led to a parliamentary inquiry into the fire risk of external cladding and a change of the law in Scotland in 2005 requiring any cladding to inhibit the spread of fire.[372]
- 2005 Harrow Court fire – in a tower block in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, led to three deaths.[373]
- 2009 Lakanal House fire – in a tower block in Camberwell, South London, led to six deaths and at least twenty injured; an inquest "found the fire spread unexpectedly fast, both laterally and vertically, trapping people in their homes, with the exterior cladding panels burning through in just four and a half minutes."[374]
- 2016 Shepherd's Court fire – in a tower block in Shepherd's Bush, West London, a faulty tumble-dryer caught fire on the seventh floor, 19 August 2016. The fire spread up six floors on the outside of the building, which is owned by Hammersmith and Fulham Council. There were no fatalities but some suffered smoke inhalation. This led to the London Fire Brigade commissioning a report which showed external panels probably spread the fire. In May 2017, LFB warned all 33 London councils to review the use of panels and "take appropriate action to mitigate the fire risk."[375][376][377][378]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenfell_Tower_fire#Similar_fires
If only we had some kind of official body with the power for setting out rules for the construction of buildings. We could call them "The Construction Rules" or something similar. Why did nobody think of it before?
Nobody should have followed up the recommendations, says woody.
Drivel
A bit more drivel
Drivel, with a dash more drivel
Oh dear more and more drivel
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