London Fire and Aftermath RIP

please helpThank YOU · 14-06-2017 3:15am #1

London Fire tonite on the news RIP. RIP London Fire Victims

coffeepls · 14-06-2017 3:17am

Looks awful. Hope everyone got out ok. It's a 24 storey tower block.

4068ac1elhodqr · 14-06-2017 3:21am

Some saying building may collapse.

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This image was on a news site, but originated on twitter so they may own the copyright

end of the road · 14-06-2017 3:23am

24 stories, 120 flats apparently. 200 fire fighters or more currently trying to tackle it. seems the whole block is alight. very very serious incident.

Gremlinertia · 14-06-2017 3:25am

Short video from the Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2017/jun/14/fire-engulfs-west-london-tower-block-video?CMP=twt_gu

coffeepls · 14-06-2017 3:27am

Omg SKY news just showed it up close. Jesus.

ChunkyLover54 · 14-06-2017 3:30am

The pictures on Sky news now are terrifying. Fires scare the sh*t out of me. God help anyone stuck in there.

Gremlinertia · 14-06-2017 3:33am

Forty fire engines, terrifying stuff.

ChunkyLover54 · 14-06-2017 3:35am

Apparently residents were already concerned about the risk of fire at the building:

https://grenfellactiongroup.wordpress.com/2016/01/24/grenfell-tower-still-a-fire-risk/

coffeepls · 14-06-2017 3:39am

It'll be a miracle if everyone's got out of that alive. Can but hope. Oh god. RT (not RTÉ) news just headlined that people are trapped. Hope that's not true.

wonderfullife · 14-06-2017 3:53am

Early reports indicating 2 people being treated for smoke inhalation.

Hopefully those reports hold up.

Hank Scorpio · 14-06-2017 3:54am

Live feed here https://www.pscp.tv/chompbonk/1gqGvbnZEMlGB

Gremlinertia · 14-06-2017 3:55am

I hope the situation mentioned in the wordpress post was rectified and there was more than one entrance/exit

ChunkyLover54 · 14-06-2017 3:57am

Witness on sky now saying fire started on the lower floors and spread upwards. A catastrophe.

Gremlinertia · 14-06-2017 3:58am

Met Police tweet - Residents continue to be evacuated from the tower block fire in #NorthKensington. A number of people being treated for a range of injuries.

Donald Trump · 14-06-2017 3:59am

ChunkyLover54 wrote: »

Guy on sky now saying fire started on the lower floors and spread upwards. A catastrophe.

Lucky that they got an expert on to explain how fire usually works!

It's terrifying. I'd be amazed if a lot of poor people haven't perished in that :-(

wonderfullife · 14-06-2017 4:01am

Gremlinertia wrote: »

I hope the situation mentioned in the wordpress post was rectified and there was more than one entrance/exit

Reports are the fire-service mounted an heroic, measured evacuation, instructing people to stay low on the descent and cover their mouths. Seems standard obviously but keeping people calm is important also.

It would seem unlikely nobody died though from the videos going around.

Shield · 14-06-2017 4:14am

I've attended fires in the past, and this one looks so unusual.

Any F&R people around to take a guess at what we're looking at?

-Shield.

ChunkyLover54 · 14-06-2017 4:15am

Donald Trump wrote: »

Lucky that they got an expert on to explain how fire usually works!
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The point is that it started on the lower floors of the building - presumably cutting off escape routes for people in floors above.

Hank Scorpio · 14-06-2017 4:19am

Started on 2nd floor according to Sky news

bigpink · 14-06-2017 4:33am

Shield wrote: »

I've attended fires in the past, and this one looks so unusual.

Any F&R people around to take a guess at what we're looking at?

-Shield.

Whats unusual

Shield · 14-06-2017 4:36am

Current advice from police: put a wet rag over your face and rescue yourself. Don't wait around to be saved. Wow.

JupiterKid · 14-06-2017 4:37am

Watching it on Sky News now. That fire is seriously intense - I hope as many residents as possible can be safely evacuated.

AllForIt · 14-06-2017 5:00am

This looks highly suspicious to me. Very large Muslim community in that area and in that tower block. I hope I'm wrong and it's not a retributive attack on the Muslim community.

tiger55 · 14-06-2017 5:23am

AllForIt wrote: »

This looks highly suspicious to me. Very large Muslim community in that area and in that tower block. I hope I'm wrong and it's not a retributive attack on the Muslim community.

Here we go

the_syco · 14-06-2017 5:28am

Shield wrote: »

Current advice from police: put a wet rag over your face and rescue yourself. Don't wait around to be saved. Wow.

Not a bad idea in fairness, as some people may wait until it's safe to leave.

punisher5112 · 14-06-2017 5:28am

Looks to me like stairwells are well ablaze.

Hope all get out.

One would wonder where are the sprinklers.

tiger55 · 14-06-2017 5:41am

punisher5112 wrote: »

Looks to me like stairwells are well ablaze.

Hope all get out.

One would wonder where are the sprinklers.

What could possibly be in a stairwell to cause such a fire?

DOCARCH · 14-06-2017 5:45am

Shield wrote: »

I've attended fires in the past, and this one looks so unusual.

Any F&R people around to take a guess at what we're looking at?

Looks to me like the tower was externally insulated and it's the external insulation that's on fire.

punisher5112 · 14-06-2017 5:47am

tiger55 wrote: »

What could possibly be in a stairwell to cause such a fire?

Easy way for fire to have a clear run.

Badly built and poor firewall if any.

Now I could be mistaken but have worked in many office style buildings similar doing electrical work and just looks like that's where the straight lines up of the fire are.

Cable, stairwell furnishings, timber and plastics. Many things for a fire to take hold.

long_b · 14-06-2017 6:06am

DOCARCH wrote: »

Looks to me like the tower was externally insulated and it's the external insulation that's on fire.

That's what a guy who was in there said in an interview on BBC.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-40269625

Looks absolutely horrendous

London Fire and Aftermath RIP

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