Tower Tragedy

[Jeff Mc William]

Have just heard the terrible news of the tragedy at Grenfell Towers.
How the hell could a fire take hold and spread so rapidly in a concrete building !? ... surely some soul-searching questions will have to be asked re this, and heads should roll.

[Frank Kelley]

I think you are right and heads will, indeed, roll, truly appalling, how can any amount of money be put against peoples safety, in this country, in the 21st Century.
Sickening.

[David Tremain]

It looks like the sort of thing that would happen in a third world country, not Britain.
David

[Frank Kelley]

The phrase, corporate manslaughter, is being branded around the press today.

[fougasse1940]

Truly horrific. Doesn't the fire service have fire engine ladders anymore? None of the images I've come across show any. Surely this isn't even the highest building in the wider area?

Rgds, Thomas.

[Unknownsoldier]

Originally Posted by fougasse1940

Truly horrific. Doesn't the fire service have fire engine ladders anymore? None of the images I've come across show any. Surely this isn't even the highest building in the wider area?

Rgds, Thomas.

I remember a fire fighter friend (LFB) a few years back moaning about the ladders they now had were 2 level rather than 3 to account for the weight.... but even so I don't think the ladders would have made much difference to a 20+ storey tower block. Personally I think the lack of external fire escapes is rather poor.