The cause of the blaze is still being looked into by the fire brigade.
Mayor Biggs. Scandalous there is still flammable cladding on many buildings four years after Grenfell disaster.
- Credit: Mike Brooke
Tower Hamlets Mayor John Biggs said: “We need to wait to better understand the causes of today’s fire, but the fact that four years after the Grenfell disaster there is still flammable cladding on so many high rise buildings is scandalous. The Government just hasn’t gone fast enough to force developers and building owners to take action.”
The council is arranging with hotels to provide respite for the residents affected and is working with the fire brigade to get people back to their homes as soon as its safe .
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More than 100 firefighters have tackled a blaze that ripped through a 19-storey London tower covered in flammable cladding.
Developer Ballymore, which was in charge of developing a number of buildings on the site, said: “Our thoughts are with everyone who has been affected by this morning’s fire at New Providence Wharf. The safety of our residents is paramount and we are working closely with the London Fire Brigade.”
The company confirmed that the fire brigade had extinguished the fire. “Our response team are on site to support residents and assist with alternative accommodation where necessary.
Ballymore said later on Friday that it had not yet determined the cause of the fire but that the ACM cladding did not combust and played no part in causing or facilitating the fire .
âIt was scaryâ: resident describes escape from east London high-rise blaze
Mariana Chaudhary was alerted by the smoke alarm as her neighbourâs flat was gutted on Friday morning
âWe are living in a firetrapâ: Mariana Chaudhary lived on the eighth floor at New Providence Wharf, east London, where the fire started. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian
âWe are living in a firetrapâ: Mariana Chaudhary lived on the eighth floor at New Providence Wharf, east London, where the fire started. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian
Fri 7 May 2021 13.07 EDT
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Mariana Chaudhary, 34, lives at New Providence Wharf in east London. Her flat is on the eighth floor, where the fire broke out, and she was confronted by thick black smoke when she opened her front door on Friday morning. Her neighbourâs flat was on fire, but the only thing that alerted her was her own smoke alarm.