brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Other islands are available; understood.
Grenfell Tower fire in North Kensington - news and discussion
- Thread starter JTG
- Start date
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
So are other tower blocks
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
To channel DaftPunk...Bigger, higher, taller...
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
I'm in discussions with a maker of bungee ropes who wants to test a new material and sought a test dummy. I think I've persuaded them to use JRM as a test subject and if things pan out as I hope he'll be testing the rope throughout its working life. This will entail something like 100-150 jumps a day
teuchter
je suis teuchter
spring-peeper
Well-Known Member
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Glad to hear that people seem to have got out OK. Looks a pretty bad fire from the pictures in that article. Some pictures from the MEN.
You can see the cladding in this picture, but it doesn't seem to have affected the entire facade. It will be interesting to know if the cladding was dubious - although the building is only six stories, so might not have fallen into the checking regime for high-rise blocks (not sure what the cut off point was). Like like it has burnt right through the external wall by the roofline though.
You can see the cladding in this picture, but it doesn't seem to have affected the entire facade. It will be interesting to know if the cladding was dubious - although the building is only six stories, so might not have fallen into the checking regime for high-rise blocks (not sure what the cut off point was). Like like it has burnt right through the external wall by the roofline though.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Video of the burning stuff falling to the street:
Last edited:
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
This was apparently reported by the local rag two years ago (from Twitter).
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Some people who live there report that fire alarms didn't go off, and they had to knock on peoples' doors to let them know to evacuate.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Looks like a different building to meThis was apparently reported by the local rag two years ago (from Twitter).
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Bolton News is referring to it as such so I don't know why the picture doesn't match. Maybe it was a file photo they used, and it has been reclad since.
Maybe it was a photo of one side of the block - this from an article this evening shows the same building with fire engines outside.
eta - better image here - the picture on the local paper story is the building on the main road, but it is the building behind that is on fire. Guess both buildings are part of the same complex.
Last edited:
Always good to hear your devil's advocate post.
Some buildings look similar
Mation
real life adventure worth more than pieces of gold
This was apparently reported by the local rag two years ago (from Twitter).
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Yeah, I feel really sorry for those affected. Lots of them on Twitter saying they've lost everything.
The mind boggles why the fire alarms didn't go given it ended up like this.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Thoughts and prayers
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Yeh well obvs it's in ashes now so doesn't look as it did before
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Sure it was different dangerous claddingThis was apparently reported by the local rag two years ago (from Twitter).
agricola
a genuine importer of owls
It will be that which makes all the difference.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
I think I've made it fairly clear in previous posts that there's a massive failure of building regs and how they are enforced, and that's been overseen by several governments including the current one, and like I said in post 4573 a page or two back, the current government particularly failed to take action following the Lakanal fire.
We'll have to wait to find out the cause of this fire, but it looks to me like another cladding fire, which is why I posted it on this thread last night, and the owner/landlord obviously needs to be held to account. I'll of course be interested to find out the technical details of what the cladding was here and how it compares to the Grenfell system, because maybe it isn't the same and demonstrates that the problem is even more widespread than previously assumed.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Bolton News is referring to it as such so I don't know why the picture doesn't match. Maybe it was a file photo they used, and it has been reclad since.
Maybe it was a photo of one side of the block - this from an article this evening shows the same building with fire engines outside.
eta - better image here - the picture on the local paper story is the building on the main road, but it is the building behind that is on fire. Guess both buildings are part of the same complex.
Yes, worked that out from Google streetview, there are two blocks, it looks to me like one is a renovated old block and the other (the one where the fire took place) is a new-build.
Similar threads
