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Least 79 people. local london officials say grenfell has changed everything. >> i realize it is disruptive to people's lives, but safety comes first. if it is not safe, people need to go. >> what we found while the insulation was safe, the standard was not fire retardant. obviously this was disappointing. we shared that news with our residents and on thursday night, we had a public meeting with residents where they shared a number of concerns about fire safety that i hadn't been aware of. >> let's now bring in a professor of structure engineering at city engineering in the city of london. look...

I'm gonna just go back to doing what i was doing. find your awesome with the xfinity x1 voice remote. more fallout from the grenfell tower tragedy in london. hundreds of families have been moved to contrary shelters. they're out of their homes for the next month or so because the cladding on their buildings in north londen is flamable. >> siding on the grenfell tower contributed to last week's fire. a fire that killed 79 people. safety checks are under way at apartment buildings across the united kingdom. local london officials say grenfell has changed everything. >> i realize it's destructi...

Being a concern, it's not heavy. to sho not be too difficult. >> we hear this from officials saying grenfell changed everything. with regard to the scope and scale of this problem, could we be talking about hospitals? could hotels be concerned about the cladding on their structures? how common is this type of cladding? and how far could it go? >> my understanding is that this cladding was used for all of the buildings, where they decided to do two things. one to improve the appearance of the building. and second, improve the insulation. i think we have seen in the past that the material was gl...

We would know which materials were used in the buildings and if it was the case the material was flammable, you decide to move the cladding. the question is whether it is easy to remove or not. i think it is not very difficult because these panels are not very heavy. aluminum and other materials. panelling them is not too difficult. of course, when the cladding is 20 stories high, you have to take care that the persons removing the cladding is safe. it has to be consideration of safety of people removing. as far as the weight of the cladding, it is not heavy. should not be too difficult. >> yo...