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On 14 June 2017, a high-rise fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in North Kensington, West London, England, at 00:54 BST and burned for 60 hours. . Seventy people died at the scene and two people died later in hospital, with more than 70 injured and 223 esca
The fire also severely affected three low-rise "finger blocks" adjoining Grenfell Tower. Their residents were evacuated due to the fire. The blocks, Barandon Walk, Testerton Walk and Hurstway Walk, also lost access to hot water as they shared a boiler beneath Grenfell Tower that was destroyed in the fire. [13]
Grenfell Tower is a derelict 24-storey residential tower block in North Kensington in London, England. The tower was completed in 1974 as part of the first phase of the Lancaster West Estate . [ 1 ] Most of the tower was destroyed in a severe fire on 14 June 2017 .
The Grenfell Tower fire that claimed the lives of 72 residents was the result of decades of failure by governments and the construction industry, a damning final report into the disaster has found
Grenfell Tower fire, Britain’s deadliest since World War II, caused by ‘decades of failure,’ report says Christian Edwards, CNN September 4, 2024 at 10:27 AM
Since the Grenfell fire, 4,771 buildings over 11 metres with dangerous cladding have been identified and are in the government's remediation portfolio. @MHCLG estimates mean there could be up to ...
The fire broke out in the early hours of June 14, 2017, in a fourth-floor apartment and spread up the 25-story building like a lit fuse, fueled by flammable cladding panels on the tower’s ...
Grenfell Tower: 79.2 m London United Kingdom: June 14, 2017 72 The 24-storey tower block fire spread from the second floor to the top of the building. [50] See Grenfell Tower fire: Pamchal Chitgar Building: 66 m Tehran Iran: June 14, 2017 0 The residential 20-storey tower - four injured Marco Polo Apartments: 118.8 m Honolulu United States