London Burning

[woolfe9998]

Huge building burning in London. Unknown if there are casualties.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...d2785d3083d_story.html?utm_term=.2e0f8775f943

 

[MomentsofSanity]

Was just about to post this. The pictures are absolutely horrifying. Happened in the middle of the night. God I hope everyone got out of there.

 

[woolfe9998]

Yeah, the spectacle is horrible. Given the scope of this fire, I don't think I'm going out on a limb in assuming there are going to be casualties. Let's just hope it isn't too many.

Man, they've had a rough time of it across the pond these past few weeks.

 

[Svnla]

Wow, that's a huge fire. Earlier today, there was a fire and explosion by oxygen tanks at an oil and gas well nears here but no one was hurt.

 

[Triloby]

Just heard about this right now. The pictures are utterly terrifying to say the least.

However, this was actually a disaster that was waiting to happen. Some sources have pointed out that the landlords responsible for overlooking that apartment block have violated fire safety codes, and that the landlords have done a shoddy job at renovation by coating the entire building in something to make it look "newer". The coating could've been both bad quality and flammable. Disgusting and completely unacceptable.

https://grenfellactiongroup.wordpress.com/2016/11/20/kctmo-playing-with-fire/

https://grenfellactiongroup.wordpress.com/2016/01/24/grenfell-tower-still-a-fire-risk/

 

[StinkyPinky]

This type of fire should not happen in a first world country so those responsible need to be made an example of. Appalling.

 

[allisolm]

Reported that 6 are dead, 20 critical so far, but numbers are expected to rise.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/13/europe/london-fire-live-updates/index.html

 

[Capt Caveman]

Sad. No sprinkler systems and I heard a single stairwell to escape.

 

[Thebobo]

Surprised no one has mentioned a possible terrorist plot. Was my first thought when seeing this. Remember after 9-11 there were reports of terrorist attempting to rent rooms in hi rise buildings and they would put explosives in them and collapse the building.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Sad. No sprinkler systems and I heard a single stairwell to escape.

jesus christ, really?

 

[brycejones]

jesus christ, really?

Built in 1974 not surprised at the lack of a sprinkler system. Also it started on the fourth floor and ultimately burned from the 2nd to the top floor of the building.

 

[UNCjigga]

Hmm, so this was a council house (public housing) and yet I read that rent was $2,500/month??

 

[Atreus21]

Edit: Poor taste.

 

[Genx87]

I heard about this on the news. I figured a floor was on fire. Not the entire effing building. Shocking to say the least.

 

[Atreus21]

Woman tossed a freaking baby out the ninth floor window, and some guy caught the kid. Incredible.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/37956...s-grenfell-tower-throwing-children-parachute/

 

[MomentsofSanity]

Woman tossed a freaking baby out the ninth floor window, and some guy caught the kid. Incredible.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/37956...s-grenfell-tower-throwing-children-parachute/

Holy Christ.

 

[dank69]

Just heard about this right now. The pictures are utterly terrifying to say the least.

However, this was actually a disaster that was waiting to happen. Some sources have pointed out that the landlords responsible for overlooking that apartment block have violated fire safety codes, and that the landlords have done a shoddy job at renovation by coating the entire building in something to make it look "newer". The coating could've been both bad quality and flammable. Disgusting and completely unacceptable.

https://grenfellactiongroup.wordpress.com/2016/11/20/kctmo-playing-with-fire/

https://grenfellactiongroup.wordpress.com/2016/01/24/grenfell-tower-still-a-fire-risk/

Those read like a manifesto.

 

[Pens1566]

Waiting for someone to blame this on Sharia ...

 

[Atreus21]

Waiting for someone to blame this on Sharia ...

I hereby blame it on Sharia.

 

[Pens1566]

I hereby blame it on Sharia.

Doesn't count. Has to be someone that actually believes it. Or at least the voices in their head tell them to believe it.

 

[Atreus21]

Doesn't count. Has to be someone that actually believes it. Or at least the voices in their head tell them to believe it.

Drat. It doesn't count.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Woman tossed a freaking baby out the ninth floor window, and some guy caught the kid. Incredible.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/37956...s-grenfell-tower-throwing-children-parachute/

That's dad reflexes right there.

 

[xthetenth]

Relevant:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38278596
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38278596
Apparently cuts have also harmed fire services. First not enough police to handle a terrorist attack, now this.

 

[Anubis]

how does a building like this not have a sprinkler system?

 

[DrunkenSano]

How old is that building? And it must've been such a mess and unsafe state for a fire to spread so quickly and so devastating. It's almost unbelieving for a building to get to that state before emergency responders to arrive and contain.