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Waking up to some scary images of a tower block fire in West London.

A fridge on a lower floor being blamed for it starting but the fire quickly engulfed the whole block.

Lots of people unaccounted for, I can't imagine what it would be like to be trapped at the high level floors with no escape route!

Some very disturbing reports coming through.

No alarms, no sprinklers, new plastic fascia hasn't helped and many people have complained about the recent refurbishment which included gas pipes in the stairwells!!
 
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Shocking images and many blaming the new facade. My dear old nan lived in a very similar block in Battersea on the 14th floor and would have stood no chance. Scary images and heart goes out to anyone trapped
 
Just awful, hope to god the death toll is miniscule, can't even begin to imagine what those people are going through.
 
Fish said:
Waking up to some scary images of a tower block fire in West London.

A fridge on a lower floor being blamed for it starting but the fire quickly engulfed the whole block.

Lots of people unaccounted for, I can't imagine what it would be like to be trapped at the high level floors with no escape route!

Some very disturbing reports coming through.

No alarms, no sprinklers, new plastic fascia hasn't helped and many people have complained about the recent refurbishment which included gas pipes in the stairwells!!
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How can this be in this day and age? Dreadful.
 
Horrible situation, but it can only be rumour and speculation as to what's actually caused this.
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Having been very close to this early today, I can also sympathise with those residents close by having to also put up with the noise intrusion from the helicopters hovering constantly.
 
maxfli65 said:
How can this be in this day and age? Dreadful.
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the fire service has been trying to install sprinklers in tower blocks for years but lack of government funding and tenants refusing to have the unsightly equipment on their ceilings have made things difficult.

tower block fires are the hardest to tackle and the most scary to attend.

tragic news
 
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I've seen some appalling tragedies over the years but this is utterly awful and should never happen in this country these days
 
I have been watching the news on and off all day and some of the stories and the pictures of the fire are unbelievable and shocking.

Maybe I'm wrong on this bit but I'm quite staggered by the amount of people that have visited this thread and have not posted any thoughts on what's happened:confused:
Life goes on and I understand that but for many tonight that is not the case.
 
pokerjoke said:
I have been watching the news on and off all day and some of the stories and the pictures of the fire are unbelievable and shocking.

Maybe I'm wrong on this bit but I'm quite staggered by the amount of people that have visited this thread and have not posted any thoughts on what's happened:confused:
Life goes on and I understand that but for many tonight that is not the case.
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Guilty as charged, i just dont know what to post that will make a difference to any one involved. Horrific incident, truly awful for all involved.
 
Having no family nor friends in that area still finding it incredibly sad with the wife shedding more than a few tears. Horrific, totally horrific and yet it was preventable to a massive extent. local council should be accountable for not having full safety regs in place (according to news).
 
chrisd said:
I've seen some appalling tragedies over the years but this is utterly awful and should never happen in this country these days
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Totally agree.
If half of the stories going around turn out to be true, well I don't know what to say.
The cladding, gas pipes in stairwells etc.
Terrible tragedy
 
murphthemog said:
Guilty as charged, i just dont know what to post that will make a difference to any one involved. Horrific incident, truly awful for all involved.
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To be honest murph, am with you. Really did not know what to post earlier on. Was truly horrific to watch. What do you say?
I was polishing my car earlier on listening to it on the radio and I thought wtf are you doin. It just did not feel right fannying about on me car when the poo had hit the fan in London.
I got married the same day as the Bradford fire disaster and it will be a day and date will will last with me forever. I feel this day will be the same.
 
murphthemog said:
Guilty as charged, i just dont know what to post that will make a difference to any one involved. Horrific incident, truly awful for all involved.
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Tashyboy said:
To be honest murph, am with you. Really did not know what to post earlier on. Was truly horrific to watch. What do you say?
I was polishing my car earlier on listening to it on the radio and I thought wtf are you doin. It just did not feel right fannying about on me car when the poo had hit the fan in London.
I got married the same day as the Bradford fire disaster and it will be a day and date will will last with me forever. I feel this day will be the same.
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I just find it staggering that someone would look at a thread knowing what its all about then probably reads what some say but cant get some simple words out.

With all the absolute BS that gets written on this site a simple "Thoughts with all concerned" would suffice.

Just like most threads and what we post that wont effect those effected just being Human should not be difficult.
 
pokerjoke said:
I just find it staggering that someone would look at a thread knowing what its all about then probably reads what some say but cant get some simple words out.

With all the absolute BS that gets written on this site a simple "Thoughts with all concerned" would suffice.

Just like most threads and what we post that wont effect those effected just being Human should not be difficult.
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Dont know what it's called Poker, but sometimes it is just to close to home for some to say something.

When I was on the driving awareness course the other week. A girl on our table was the designated writer of our teams thoughts. When it came to talking about someone who had been knocked over and Was seriousy injured or killed. She passed the pencil and pad to me and said " I don't wanna talk about this bit". Summat had gone off in her life and she just shut down.
 
pokerjoke said:
I just find it staggering that someone would look at a thread knowing what its all about then probably reads what some say but cant get some simple words out.

With all the absolute BS that gets written on this site a simple "Thoughts with all concerned" would suffice.

Just like most threads and what we post that wont effect those effected just being Human should not be difficult.
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I'm fully in the #prayforthem doesn't help at all I'm afraid.

If i knew or met someone concerned I'd obviously offer condolences. But doing it on a social media is always more for the posters benefit than the victims imo.

but been as you asked the question twice thought I'd offer my opinion.

As to your point about all the bs written elsewhere. Most posts people have an opinion and/or experience in. This one isn't currently controversial. So won't get the same level of responses.
 
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