by Expatissimo » Wed Sep 15, 2021 2:41 am
@LL I hope it wasn't a building like the infamous Greenfell Tower that burned in June 2017.
On 14 June 2017, a fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in North Kensington, West London, at 00:54 BST; 72 people perished, including two who later died in hospital. More than 70 others were injured and 223 people escaped. It was the deadliest structural fire in the United Kingdom since the 1988 Piper Alpha disaster and the worst UK residential fire since World War II.
The fire was started by a malfunctioning fridge-freezer on the fourth floor It spread rapidly up the building's exterior, bringing fire and smoke to all the residential floors. This was due to the building's cladding, the external insulation and the air gap between which enabled the stack effect. The fire burned for about 60 hours before finally being extinguished. More than 250 London Fire Brigade firefighters and 70 fire engines were involved from stations across London in efforts to control the fire, and rescue residents. More than 100 London Ambulance Service crews on at least 20 ambulances attended, joined by specialist paramedics from the Ambulance Service's Hazardous Area Response Team. The Metropolitan Police and London's Air Ambulance also assisted the rescue effort.
The Greenfell Tower had 24 Floors.
Another High Rise Building went up in flames as recently as last month im Milan, Italy
Milan tower block fire
'reminiscent' of Grenfell disaster, officials say
Flammable cladding on the outside of that building was blamed for the speed at which the fire engulfed the block, and officials in Italy have noted similar issues in the Milan fire.
"I have never seen a situation like this," said Santagata, adding that firefighters had also suffered burns from the fire.
"Just look at the facade and you see that everything is completely burned, and [we] therefore presume that it was made of flammable material."
The building in Milan only had 20 Floors !
Compare the 2 Buildings with the NEW 45 Floor constructions going up in Kampot and Phnom Penh.
Keep safe and have a parachute handy.
[b]@LL I hope it wasn't a building like the infamous Greenfell Tower that burned in June 2017. [/b]
[url=https://postimages.org/][img]https://i.postimg.cc/zvx9gWWm/Grenfell-Tower-fire-London.jpg[/img][/url]
On 14 June 2017, a fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in North Kensington, West London, at 00:54 BST; 72 people perished, including two who later died in hospital. More than 70 others were injured and 223 people escaped. It was the deadliest structural fire in the United Kingdom since the 1988 Piper Alpha disaster and the worst UK residential fire since World War II.
The fire was started by a malfunctioning fridge-freezer on the fourth floor It spread rapidly up the building's exterior, bringing fire and smoke to all the residential floors. This was due to the building's cladding, the external insulation and the air gap between which enabled the stack effect. The fire burned for about 60 hours before finally being extinguished. More than 250 London Fire Brigade firefighters and 70 fire engines were involved from stations across London in efforts to control the fire, and rescue residents. More than 100 London Ambulance Service crews on at least 20 ambulances attended, joined by specialist paramedics from the Ambulance Service's Hazardous Area Response Team. The Metropolitan Police and London's Air Ambulance also assisted the rescue effort. [b]The Greenfell Tower had 24 Floors.[/b]
[b][u]Another High Rise Building went up in flames as recently as last month im Milan, Italy[/u][/b]
Milan tower block fire [b]'reminiscent' of Grenfell disaster[/b], officials say
Flammable cladding on the outside of that building was blamed for the speed at which the fire engulfed the block, and officials in Italy have noted similar issues in the Milan fire.
"I have never seen a situation like this," said Santagata, adding that firefighters had also suffered burns from the fire.
"Just look at the facade and you see that everything is completely burned, and [we] therefore presume that it was made of flammable material."
[url=https://postimages.org/][img]https://i.postimg.cc/ZnbGnjWF/Milan-Tower-on-Fire.jpg[/img][/url]
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The building in Milan only had 20 Floors ![/b]
Compare the 2 Buildings with the NEW 45 Floor constructions going up in Kampot and Phnom Penh.
Keep safe and have a parachute handy.