Milan's mayor Beppe Sala has likened a fire in a tower block in Milan on Sunday to the Grenfell Tower fire in London due to the way the flames seemingly spread through its cladding.
The fire in the Torre del Moro apartment block, an 18-storey residential building in Milan, started on the 15th floor and first rose to the top of the building, before moving downwards in an "unnatural" path, reported Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.
"The causes of the fire are still being investigated," Milan mayor Beppe Sala said in a post on Facebook.
"What became clear from the beginning, though, is that the exterior coating of the building went up in flames all too quickly, in a dynamic that closely recalled the Grenfell Tower fire in London a few years ago." Fire reportedly spread through building's cladding
The 60-metre-high building was clad in materials including aluminium and polystyrene, Corriere della Sera said.
The fire, which begun on 29 August at around 5:30pm, engulfed the exterior cladding of the building, which burnt and fell into the street.
Despite the speed of the fire, all of the residents who were in their apartments when the fire started were safely evacuated.
"When we arrived, the fire had a normal course, that is from the 15th floor upwards," a firefighter told Corriere della Sera.
"When the first team entered, the tower was immediately engulfed in flames and the fire went down unnaturally, as evidence that it found in ...