Grenfell, London fire with a loss of 72 lives is not the only one which was due to the cheaper version of cladding which is highly inflammable. There were a number of fires over the years which should have been in the headlines as a warning.
The last fire was Bolton in Manchester with no lives lost because the firefighters and police are now aware of the dangerous cladding and evacuate.
Below you find a list of a number of building on extensive fires due to the firespreading claddings.
Harley Wall Ltd, a subsidiary of Rydon, done some of cladding on the tower block. They avoided £2.5million tax before it went bankrupt in August, 2016. In other words they cleared the cash box which made them bankrupt.
It has been well known for decades that Tories always penny pinching when it comes to spend on housing or NHS or schools. Not to mention the endless cuts.
However, as
Jeremy Corbyn said: There is no saving without paying the price” which is very
true.
The Tories
allowed Rydon Construction to install the cheaper version of cladding instead an
extra £2 per sqm which would be fireproof. If that is not a crime, what is?
They should prosecuted but as usual the sentence would be handed down to the
second or third person, never the real guilty one on the top.
Rydon is registered in Jersey and therefore a tax avoider.
Rydon is registered in Jersey and therefore a tax avoider.
Since 1988
Building Research Establishment reported concern about fire spreading.
Not only
that but 1991 flames rapidly spread over the 11-storey Knowsley Height block in
Liverpool and it was due to the thermal insulation added.
1999 a
13-storey block was on fire through the cladding in Irvine, Ayrshire.
In 2000 a
report by MPs said: “We do not believe it should take a fire in which many are
killed before all reasonable steps are taken towards minimising the risks.”
2009 fire
broke out and spread rapidly at Lakanal House in Camberwell, South London and
cost the lives of three women and three children.
Gladding was
the reason in a 2010 fire which killed 58 people in Shanghai and 17 died in
Melbourne Australia.
If that
doesn’t give you more than one warning, nothing will. Besides, it was reported
that former housing minister Gavin Barwell, now promoted to Mrs May’s
chief-of-staff, sat on reports of Lakanal House and a four-years-old report
without taking any action.
So far, the
death toll at Grenfell tower is 80 but it is assumed that it will be into hundred or more.
It has not
been made quite clear and honest how many building had been cladded with it.
The public is very angry and call for the resignation of Mrs May. They also
demand a full account how many building there are covered with this dangerous material
and to be removed immediately.
May resigned in June 2019 but it is doubtful the new PM Boris Johnson will do anything about it; even after the new Bolton fire which spread rapidly due to the cladding.
Mr Corby
gave the public a lot of confidence in showing that with honesty, principles
and respect can achieved much more. He also showed them that there can be a
better future and the poor have a right to demand it.
No comments:
Post a Comment