Cladding

In the early hours of Monday morning, a fire destroyed the Spectrum Building, a seven-storey block in east London containing several floors of residential flats. It was only due to the action of residents and their neighbours, and the London Fire Brigade (LFB) that no-one was killed at the […] Click here to view original…

The London Fire Brigade said the building had ‘known’ safety issues, and work was ongoing to remove ‘non-compliant cladding’ An investigation has been demanded into the role of flammable cladding in a “terrifying” fire at a London tower block, seven years after safety concerns were raised by the Grenfell […] Click here to view original…

Replacing unsafe cladding is “urgent” and making existing homes secure must come before building new ones, a safety advisor has urged. Dame Judith Hackitt, chairman of the Independent Review of Building Regulations, was speaking after a fire gutted a tower block in Dagenham, east London . Investigators are trying […] Click here to view original…

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has been visiting the site of the Dagenham fire and meeting firefighters who were on shift on the night of the blaze. The housing minister said there had been “slow progress” since the fire in Grenfell Tower in west London seven years ago and […] Click here to view original…

The Deputy PM viewed the ‘horrendous’ damage at the scene of the fire at flats in Dagenham. Picture: Alamy/LBC The Deputy Prime Minister has admitted that progress to remove unsafe cladding after the 2017 Grenfell Tower Fire has been “going far too slowly”. Listen to this article Loading audio… […] Click here to view original…

The property in Dagenham was undergoing ‘remedial’ work to remove and replace ‘non-compliant cladding’. The London Fire Brigade said it was called to the blaze in Dagenham at 2.44am on Bank Holiday Monday (Lucy North/PA) PA Wire Work to remove dangerous cladding from buildings needs to be “ramped up”, […] Click here to view original…

Firemen battle a blaze at a block of flats in Dagenham in east London, Britain, 26 August 2024. Image: ANDY RAIN/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock The building safety crisis has been rumbling on for seven years since the Grenfell Tower disaster – and the fire in Dagenham is the latest chilling reminder of […] Click here to view original…

The blaze at the flats on Freshwater Road, Dagenham, happened as the block was undergoing remedial works to remove ‘non-compliant’ cladding. Angela Rayner has called efforts to remove unsafe cladding from thousands of at-risk buildings “too slow” and said it was her job to ensure remaining works finished as […] Click here to view original…

London fire exposes “national scandal” of flammable cladding says Fire Brigades Union A major fire in a high-rise building in east London over the weekend has exposed the ongoing issue of flammable cladding in the UK , the Fire Brigades Union has said. The fire, which started in a […] Click here to view original…

The Bishop of Barking has criticised the UK government’s response to unsafe cladding as “deeply unsatisfactory”, after a major fire broke out at a tower block in Dagenham, East London, on Bank Holiday Monday. Over 100 residents were evacuated as more than 200 firefighters responded to the blaze on […] Click here to view original…