gregjrichards
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According to a local animal charity 50 dogs got out of the building and people and companies are donating to help them.
According to a local animal charity 50 dogs got out of the building and people and companies are donating to help them.
That seems like a high number it would mean one dog lived in every second flat and they all got out. I wonder is the figure included pets from nearby evacuated buildings as well.
Urgh we just moved into a highrise and had a alarm go off and fire trucks are here now. I literally froze thinking about how I alone while my partner is at work would take all our pets out. And at what point do you know you need to evacuate? Because no one did in my condo just now. Scary.
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During an evacuation DH & I had to leave our home with two cats and a dog loose in the car in the middle of the night.
Since then I have made sure I had a suitable crate for each of my pets, including the parrot, in which they could be transported & temporarily housed in the event of an emergency.
You could get one of those folding luggage wheelies to store away to transport your cargo. Use bungee cords to secure and take off bumping down the stairs with everyone.
P.S. You never know if you only have minutes-please dont wait on others to react.
Especially as it could probably be assumed that there would be no dogs in Muslim households.
Can I ask where you live? I like in an asian area and never see any muslims with dogs. It could be a uk specific thing.Plenty of Muslims where I live have dogs. Just like a lot of Muslims that I know eat pork. I think dog ownership is pretty mainstream.
Thank you. And honestly that is what I was doing, I was waiting for others to leave. Checked the balcony and all my windows and no one was leaving. I've always lived in a house so something we have never really even discussed. Sounds so foolish of me.
We are making a plan tonight over dinner.
I'm also glad you and your fur babies and hubs are ok. That must have been very scary.
Thank you!
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I was just reading that. Floor plan at the DM link
That is a very unsafe layout. I don't think that would be legal anywhere in the US, except on very old buildings (over 100 years). In which case the building would have to have the old style metal fire escapes on the outside of the building. There has to be at least two escape routes.
But it sounds like this building had worse problems than that.
'Frantically banging and screaming': Horror as children dropped from highrise to save them from London fire
Children dropped out of windows in a desperate attempt to save them
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/grenfell-tower-fire-witnesses-1.4160618
"People were starting to appear at the windows, frantically banging and screaming," she said. "The windows were slightly ajar, a woman was gesturing that she was about to throw her baby and if somebody could catch her baby.
"Somebody did. A gentleman ran forward and managed to grab the baby."
Joe Walsh, 58, said he saw someone throw two children out of a window from the fifth or sixth floor.
Tiago Etienne, 17, said he spotted about three children between four and eight years old being dropped from an apartment around the 15th floor.
Those ladders are a good idea, Safeguard. Even one of those on every floor would be useful in a situation like this.
I'm just watching BBC and they're explaining about the "stay put" policy which is typical of high rises. Firefighters need to be able to get up the stairs and fire doors are meant to protect residents, they don't want hundreds of people charging down the stairs preventing firemen from putting the fire out so they're told to stay where they are. I'm surprised buildings this tall need only have one stairwell, that seems crazy to me.
I live in a 4 storey house and our local fire brigade came round to do a free alarm fitting service and to discuss escape routes. Plan A is using a huge/heavy wooden didgeridoo we have on the landing to smash out the bathroom window, jumping onto a flat roof and down into the garden. Everyone should think about what they'd do in case of a fire at home, especially at night.