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Old 16th Jun 2017, 19:27
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EddieHeli
 
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You have to wonder when there is only one stairwell, why we do not insist on outside fire escapes as seen in the USA.
There didn't seem to be a central main gas shut off, or if there was it wasn't used, you could see and hear the gas making the fire worse as each floor went up.
After recently seeing several HiRise fires in the middle east with similar external cladding, I find it hard to believe that this stuff is even allowed to be manufactured, let alone used.
Criminal not insisting on automatic Sprinklers for any building higher than a fire appliance can reach.
Bambi buckets might well have helped in this instance.
A lot of lessons to be learned on this, but will they?, or will we be having similar discussions in a few years time.
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