Dagenham fire: Residents flee inferno in tower block with ‘Grenfell-style’ cladding
A planning application from 2023 shows the building in Dagenham, East London, was covered in “non-compliant” cladding and campaigners have demanded to know how such a fire could happen more than seven years Grenfell Aerial view of fire teams attempting to extinguish the major fire in a Dagenham flat […]Click here to view original web…
Dagenham fire: Tower block that went up in flames was in the middle of having cladding replaced
The scene after a fire at a block of flats on Freshwater Road in Dagenham. Pic PA Since the Grenfell Tower fire seven years ago, cladding has become the building industry’s worst nightmare. A rush to provide low-cost, lightweight and energy-efficient wrapping for modern buildings meant flammable plastic panels […] Click here to view original…
Dagenham fire: rescue complete at London tower block — as it happened
VIDEO Cladding was being replaced at the building on Freshwater Road The Times The London Fire Brigade had previously identified several fire safety issues at the site Key moments Two people in hospital after blaze Building had “number of fire safety issues” Rescue operation completed Listen to live updates […] Click here to view original…
Questions over cladding after fire at Dagenham flats brought under control
Firefighters spray water over the building in Dagenham FBU calls for urgent investigation into blaze in east London as another fire begins at tower in nearby Poplar A large fire that engulfed a block of flats in Dagenham has been brought under control with everyone accounted for, the London […] Click here to view original…
Dagenham fire exposes ‘national scandal’ of flammable cladding and building deregulation
Firefighters at the scene after a blaze at a block of flats on Freshwater Road in Dagenham, East London, August 26, 2024 × You can read 5 more articles this month Please help support the Morning Star by subscribing here THE high-rise fire in Dagenham exposes the “national scandal” […] Click here to view original…
Everyone ‘accounted for’ in Dagenham fire at building with ‘known’ safety issues
Firefighters at the scene after a blaze at a block of flats on Freshwater Road in Dagenham, East London (Lucy North/PA) PA Wire All people have been “accounted for” after a fire engulfed a multi-storey building in Dagenham , east London , with “known” safety issues, the London Fire […] Click here to view original…
Family fears they’ve ‘lost everything’ in Dagenham fire
Drone footage shows firefighters tackling Dagenham blaze A resident who fled a burning tower block in east London has told the BBC he fears he and his family have lost everything. Tariq Ziad, 17, has described seeing smoke quickly fill his fourth floor flat in Dagenham as flames engulfed […] Click here to view original…
Families who fled tower block blaze reveal fury at delay in removing Grenfell-style cladding – as fire chiefs probe whether alarm was properly working
Families who fled from a burning tower block in the early hours of this morning have spoken of their fury after Grenfell Tower-style cladding had not been removed from the building. Some 40 fire engines and 225 firefighters have been battling the fire on Freshwater Road in Dagenham, east […] Click here to view original…
The Dagenham blaze proves we still have not learnt the lessons of Grenfell
Editorial : The time has long since passed for official, bureaucratic inertia to be cleared away and replaced with a campaign of building works driven forward by the highest level of government In what has been declared a ‘major incident’, 100 people were evacuated and two were taken to […] Click here to view original…
Dagenham fire LIVE: Investigation to probe ‘safety issues’ at east London block as major incident stood down and all residents safe
Cladding being removed from building at time of fire to form part of probe into huge blaze which saw two people taken to hospital and more than 100 people evacuated The London Fire Brigade will investigate “fire safety issues” at a high rise residential and commercial block in east […] Click here to view original…
Two taken to hospital and 100 forced to flee London tower block fire
London Fire Brigade said scaffolding surrounding the building was alight, as well as parts of the building and the roof (Photo: LFB/Getty) A “significant” search and rescue operation is under way after two people were taken to hospital and more than 100 evacuated when a huge fire broke out […] Click here to view original…
Fire at east London tower block with cladding issues
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