UK - Huge fire rips through Grenfell Tower, Latimer Road, White City, London, June 2017

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Elainera said:
This a photo from after the fire right?

That smaller platform on the roof does not look touched by the fire. Was there no way for people to get up there?
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If you look at this photo at the worst part of the inferno I don't think anyone could've survived up there with the heat and smoke.
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"Not one fire appliance in the UK would have been tall enough to reach the top of Grenfell Tower, it emerged yesterday.
Fire chiefs in London had to borrow a 42metre (138ft) ‘aerial platform’ from neighbouring Surrey to help tackle the blaze.

The £700,000 truck, the tallest in the country, was among 40 fire-fighting vehicles which attended the disaster.
Although bigger than every appliance in London, it was still unable to reach the top of the 70metre (230ft) tower block."


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...iefs-borrow-engines-Surrey.html#ixzz4kDOyDVKX
 
I don 't think anything could reach the top and be safe for firefighters
 
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wfgodot said:
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Ugh. She's absolutely hideous. And her attempts to save face are so transparent. The best thing she can do is to stay away. She wants to wash her hands of "those people" anyway.
 
animlzrule said:
Ugh. She's absolutely hideous. And her attempts to save face are so transparent. The best thing she can do is to stay away. She wants to wash her hands of "those people" anyway.
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Her days are numbered as PM she has handled this tragedy very badly
 
gregjrichards said:
Her days are numbered as PM she has handled this tragedy very badly
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I'd love to think so but if the wheels of justice and accountability for incompetence turn as slowly for her as they have for her American counterpart I wouldn't count on it.
 
Looking at the damage from the fire, I would not be surprised if Grenfell Tower collapsed eventually. Either way, the building should be torn down.

I would not be surprised if the death toll will be much higher. The fire looked really bad. It would be a miracle if everyone got out alive.
 
HMSHood said:
Looking at the damage from the fire, I would not be surprised if Grenfell Tower collapsed eventually. Either way, the building should be torn down.

I would not be surprised if the death toll will be much higher. The fire looked really bad. It would be a miracle if everyone got out alive.
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The building will definitely be torn down it needs to in order for the community to start to heal. I hope the site becomes a memorial garden for the community to enjoy and they don't just build a new tower, but I am probably living in fantasy land. According to Sky News it is believed there are 70 people still missing but I don't know if that includes any of the 30 people we already know have died.

I also wondered if the building might collapse apparently the fire fighters are not allowed near the edges of the building and there are concerns especially about the top levels. There was a fire fighter who is working in the building on social media and he said the fire chief asked them to write their names and number on their helmets, just incase they never made it out and the building collapsed on them. They are doing a great job in horrific circumstances. A fire fighter who was in the building that night said on Sky News the horror of what he witnessed will live with him forever and he wishes he had done more and broke rules to try and save more people.
 
"Service dogs have now joined the grim search for bodies in Grenfell Tower.
London Fire Brigade's canine units were sent into the building yesterday along with the MET's urban search and rescue dogs.

The dogs are looking for the more than 70 people who remain missing after the inferno."

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...hunt-bodies-Grenfell-Tower.html#ixzz4kFferEwO

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The search dogs are working hard in the tower too it can't be easy for them.
 
gregjrichards said:
"Not one fire appliance in the UK would have been tall enough to reach the top of Grenfell Tower, it emerged yesterday.
Fire chiefs in London had to borrow a 42metre (138ft) ‘aerial platform’ from neighbouring Surrey to help tackle the blaze.
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That's true, but you have to remember that the plan has always been to tackle tower block fires from inside the building rather than from the outside. There are hundreds of fires in high rise flats every year but very few cases where the fire spreads outside the flat where they start. Many of those fires will be in blocks very similar to Grenfell Tower - what needs to be established is what was different in this case.
 
"An investigative report into the disastrous Grenfell Tower fire may not be made public for years, it has been revealed.

MPs and protestors alike have called for immediate answers to questions such as why the fire, which led to the death of at least 30 people after the entire 27-storey tower block went up in flames on Wednesday, spread so quickly.

But the London fire service has said the report will not be made public until an inquest is complete - which could take years."

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...er-report-not-public-YEARS.html#ixzz4kFx444p0
 
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