Another major fire outbreak in flats in London.

Spanish Eyes · 09-06-2019 05:58PM #1

This looks horrible. Hope everyone got out ok. Looks like wood cladding or something.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/barking-fire-huge-blaze-breaks-out-at-block-of-flats-in-east-london-a4163006.html

Not a mention on the BBC website, so hopefully that means all is well, apart from people losing their homes.

Your Face · 09-06-2019 06:21PM

Looking like everyone got out.

I wonder what the fire investigation will uncover.

pinkyeye · 09-06-2019 08:04PM

Jesus it looks like it went up like a tinderbox and the article says that it's a new build?

kneemos · 09-06-2019 08:10PM

Wooden balconies apparently.

Odhinn · 09-06-2019 08:18PM

On the Beeb now. Thankfully no one dead.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-48574044

pinkyeye · 09-06-2019 08:21PM

kneemos wrote: »

Wooden balconies apparently.

How could that be allowed in a new build??

It just seems nuts that this type of thing is not next to impossible in a new build of apartments.

I work in a place that was built in 2012 and it has the ability for a fire to be locked into one area for up to three hours.

I don't get why blocks of flats don't have the same given that there are so many more lives involved??

voluntary · 09-06-2019 08:33PM

Irish regulation demands each separate apartment should ba able to contain fire for a minimum of 60 minutes. In reality, both apartments and semi-d/terraced houses do not comply.

Flammable balconies? Mad.

JP Liz V1 · 10-06-2019 12:21AM

pinkyeye wrote: »

How could that be allowed in a new build??

It just seems nuts that this type of thing is not next to impossible in a new build of apartments.

I work in a place that was built in 2012 and it has the ability for a fire to be locked into one area for up to three hours.

I don't get why blocks of flats don't have the same given that there are so many more lives involved??

How did the building pass safety inspection?

At least no serious injuries or fatalities

ILoveYourVibes · 10-06-2019 12:41AM

Deja Vu.

dublinman1990 · 10-06-2019 02:37AM

That looked nasty. I am glad everyone who lived in those flats were not killed by the fire.

cursai · 10-06-2019 03:00AM

Portrait mode video. **** .

Another major fire outbreak in flats in London.

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