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Grenfell Tower Fire West London
Block of Flats Development in the British Capital City, England, UK
14 Jun 2017
Grenfell Tower Fire West London Building News
Grenfell Tower Fire
Massive blaze engulfs 24-storey block of flats in North Kensington, west London.
More than 200 firefighters tackled a massive blaze at a block of flats in west London, with people trapped in their homes. Reports very sadly confirm 12 people have died, with many more injured.

Forty fire engines rushed to Grenfell Tower on the Lancaster West Estate, north Kensington, shortly after 1.15am.

photograph courtesy of SE9
Location: Lancaster West Estate, North Kensington:
Blazing since around 12.45am GMT, reported the BBC. e-architect posted at 5am GMT and are thoughts are with all affected; the page will be updated once any architectural issues come to light.
The construction industry will need to learn from this fire, and why it happened. The 2009 Lakanal House tower block fire occurred in 2009 in Camberwell, South London. Six people were killed in this twelve storey tower block.

A residents action group report warnings went unheeded by relevant authorities:

“we have posted numerous warnings in recent years about the very poor fire safety standards at Grenfell Tower and elsewhere in RBKC.
ALL OUR WARNINGS FELL ON DEAF EARS and we predicted that a catastrophe like this was inevitable and just a matter of time....