2017年6月14日 星期三

致命建材害的 Fire safety concerns raised by Grenfell Tower residents in 2012

The London Ambulance Service said it had taken at least 64 people to six hospitals.
Questions Mount After Fire at Grenfell Tower in London Kills at Least 12

By STEPHEN CASTLE, DANNY HAKIM and CEYLAN YEGINSU

Residents had complained about fire safety for years, and experts were already questioning whether the materials used on the building's exterior might have helped spread the flames.
【奪命大火的始作俑者是它?】
英國倫敦西區大樓惡火,人間煉獄活生生上演,受困火場的母親,絕望之下將幼子拋出高樓。目前確認的死亡人數為12人,但消防人員絕望表示,4樓以上受困住戶凶多吉少,死亡人數恐達百人。
專家認定,讓格蘭菲塔「像火柴棒般被點燃」的主因就是致命建材。

英國倫敦西區大樓惡火,歷經近24小時後,現場依然看得到火苗。為什麼燒得那麼嚴重,想像一下,一整座大樓被助燃物緊緊包覆……
CW.COM.TW|作者:天下雜誌


The Guardian
Concerns about fire safety in the 24-storey, 68-metre high Grenfell Tower block in west London were raised as early as 2012, when a health and safety review found firefighting equipment had not been checked for up to four years.

Health and safety review found firefighting equipment at west London block…
THEGUARDIAN.COM



At Least 6 Dead in London Fire

The toll in the high-rise blaze was likely to rise, the authorities said. “In my 29 years of being a firefighter, I have never, ever seen anything of this scale,” the fire commissioner said.


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"Absolutely heartbreaking. The building is crumbling to its core."

Fire and rescue teams are racing against time to save those from the #GrenfellTower London fire. Eyewitness say residents have still been seen coming to their windows, crying out for help. bbc.in/2s947gN


  

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