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Ken W 23-06-2017 21:27
Re: Huge fire at West London tower block
 
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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35904582)
Camden flats to be evacuated over cladding.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40389148


I am sure that more fire safety high rise blocks will be found.

nomadking 23-06-2017 21:51
Re: Huge fire at West London tower block
 
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Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 35904589)
They don't need to be rehoused whilst the blocks are being brought up to standard, there's plenty of budget hotels, travel lodges etc all over town they can stay at, they might even get a discount for bulk booking like my housing association apparently got when the block of flats I lived in exploded in January
But this is London in the summer we're talking about?

Osem 23-06-2017 21:57
Re: Huge fire at West London tower block
 
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Originally Posted by nomadking (Post 35904592)
But this is London in the summer we're talking about?
Yeah there's loads of spare long term capacity in London's hotels right now. :rofl:

TheDaddy 23-06-2017 23:30
Re: Huge fire at West London tower block
 
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Originally Posted by nomadking (Post 35904592)
But this is London in the summer we're talking about?
Where do you think I live? It's a big city and you won't find many tourists if you go east to west ham, leytonstone, Wanstead, Ilford etc but you will find a lot of premier inns and the like

Jimmy-J 23-06-2017 23:51
Re: Huge fire at West London tower block
 
Premier Inn urgently reviews cladding

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/busines...views-cladding

TheDaddy 24-06-2017 03:09
Re: Huge fire at West London tower block
 
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Originally Posted by Jimmy-J (Post 35904602)
Premier Inn urgently reviews cladding

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/busines...views-cladding
:shocked:

Probably best they don't stay there then

denphone 24-06-2017 05:10
Re: Huge fire at West London tower block
 
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Originally Posted by Osem (Post 35904593)
Yeah there's loads of spare long term capacity in London's hotels right now. :rofl:
Not this time of season for 6 weeks or longer.

heero_yuy 24-06-2017 07:41
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Camden. Solid Labour territory. Perhaps it's now time for Corbyn to apologise for his party turning peoples homes into death traps?

Damien 24-06-2017 07:49
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Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35904614)
Camden. Solid Labour territory. Perhaps it's now time for Corbyn to apologise for his party turning peoples homes into death traps?
So as it persuades people to actually take the issue seriously then all the better if it's Labour to blame. Who really cares so long as the issue is addressed and those responsible held to account?

heero_yuy 24-06-2017 08:01
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Originally Posted by Damien (Post 35904615)
So as it persuades people to actually take the issue seriously then all the better if it's Labour to blame. Who really cares so long as the issue is addressed and those responsible held to account?
I merely point this out as Corbyn's been playing politics with this. He should have known better.

Damien 24-06-2017 08:37
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Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35904617)
I merely point this out as Corbyn's been playing politics with this. He should have known better.
It's a political event, this is social housing so the local and national governments are ultimately responsible.

That said I think Camden council are being a bit dramatic here. It's been there for years so why evacuate them at 8:30pm? I don't know what they found but it's clear it's most be worse than just cladding there.

1andrew1 24-06-2017 08:43
Re: Huge fire at West London tower block
 
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Originally Posted by Damien (Post 35904619)
It's a political event, this is social housing so the local and national governments are ultimately responsible.

That said I think Camden council are being a bit dramatic here. It's been there for years so why evacuate them at 8:30pm? I don't know what they found but it's clear it's most be worse than just cladding there.
It sounds like there were multiple issues with the flats that were evacuated. These would have voided any insurance policies. If an incident had occurred, the Council would have been asked to explain why they did not evacuate more quickly.

Damien 24-06-2017 08:46
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35904620)
It sounds like there were multiple issues with the flats that were evacuated. These would have voided any insurance policies. If an incident had occurred, the Council would have been asked to explain why they did not evacuate more quickly.
Fine but then what the hell have fire inspections being doing for the last few years?! Were there even any?

1andrew1 24-06-2017 08:48
Re: Huge fire at West London tower block
 
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Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 35904599)
Where do you think I live? It's a big city and you won't find many tourists if you go east to west ham, leytonstone, Wanstead, Ilford etc but you will find a lot of premier inns and the like
It's not just tourists who stay in hotels. Premier Inns have lots of business people staying during the week plus people visiting friends and relatives.

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Originally Posted by Damien (Post 35904621)
Fine but then what the hell have fire inspections being doing for the last few years?! Were there even any?
Totally agree.

denphone 24-06-2017 10:29
Re: Huge fire at West London tower block
 
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Originally Posted by Damien (Post 35904621)
Fine but then what the hell have fire inspections being doing for the last few years?! Were there even any?
Cuts saw to the considerable amount of fire inspections being cut or delayed.

---------- Post added at 10:29 ---------- Previous post was at 10:26 ----------

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35904622)
It's not just tourists who stay in hotels. Premier Inns have lots of business people staying during the week plus people visiting friends and relatives.

---------- Post added at 08:48 ---------- Previous post was at 08:47 ----------

Totally agree.
Premier Inn have far more capacity actually around the Christmas period then this time of year as the next few months are their busiest period as one would expect.


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