London high rise apartment building engulfed in flames early in the morning (middle east, death)

[FelixTheCat]

I will not say what I think this is. It's so sad. All these people sleeping in their beds early in the morning.

[phma]

We need to wait and let the investigation tell us the information they find.

Seems hard to imagine they had a working sprinkler system according to the video shown on the news.

[FelixTheCat]

Or that Muslims didn't do this

[FelixTheCat]

Muslims will just prance around this and everyone will cheer.

[Steve40th]

Damn people, there were parents throwing kids out windows and all you give a crap about is what religion did it. Horrific at typical city data
Let the investigators tell us the evidence.

[Brave New World]

Very Sad - 6 confirmed dead so far but the death toll is set to rise, a further fifty have been taken to hospital.

London fire: six people confirmed dead after tower block blaze – latest - Guardian

[ottomobeale]

Uh. Just wow. Hope the casualties are zero.

[Magritte25]

Ugh. This tore at my heart. Stories of parents screaming for help for their children, people being unable to leave their apartments, etc. So far there are six confirmed fatalities. I'm wondering about sprinkler systems, fire alarms and fire escapes. What a horrific story.

[nicet4]

Google "United Arab Emirates building cladding fires" and it's easy to see that the city of London has adopted the Middle Eastern Building and Fire Safety Codes.

I think if you look at the pictures of the other buildings suffering cladding fires and it's pretty obvious where This Disaster came from.

I also read with the building had only one stairwell that was blocked, which is unbelievable to me, and the fire sprinkler system was out of service.

[Magritte25]

Originally Posted by nicet4

Google "United Arab Emirates building cladding fires" and it's easy to see that the city of London has adopted the Middle Eastern Building and Fire Safety Codes.

I think if you look at the pictures of the other buildings suffering cladding fires and it's pretty obvious where This Disaster came from.

I also read with the building had only one stairwell that was blocked, which is unbelievable to me, and the fire sprinkler system was out of service.

Grenfell Tower was built in 1974.