On June 14, 2017, a 24 storey residential apartment building Grenfell Tower, located in Latimer Road, West London, caught on fire which engulfed the entire high-rise. As of this post, 12 fatalities have been confirmed, with 79 taken to hospital, of whom 18 are in critical care.
In 2016, a blog post by the Grenfell Action Group expressed concerns with building’s conditions and safety and called such an event.
The real take away from the 2017 London Fire is that despite the entire building being completely engulfed for hours, it didn’t collapse into its own footprint at free fall speed due to “office fires“.
But then again, never before, nor since 9/11 has a high rise skyscraper collapsed due to office fires.
Below is a video of the actual fire that engulfed the building and had just claimed the lives of several people. Report says that the death toll is expected to rise up as the fire banishes and retrieval team enters the whole building in search of possible victims. Thank you for your continuous support. If you find this article interesting, you can SHARE this article on your social media accounts.
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