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BigCommieMachine t1_ja3cub6 wrote

Reply to comment by tarkinlarson in This sign telling you to stay inside the apartment building when the alarm sounds by DeepPossession8916

The UK, Where the Great Fire of London was caused because the mayor didn’t have the balls to order the demolition of buildings already on fire to prevent the spread?

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blahbleh112233 t1_ja3islv wrote

Not even that. Weren't there a bunch of public housing fires where the entire building just went up in flames due to them being built with flammable material?

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user2021883 t1_ja3mzpv wrote

I think you’re referring to the Grenfell Tower fire, a council owned block of apartments in which 71 people died. The building itself was concrete and hence relatively fire proof but it had been retrofitted with a an aluminium/foam external cladding to improve its thermal efficiency and appearance. The cladding was flammable and allowed the fire to rapidly spread between apartments and floors. It was a national scandal and is very much an open wound

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