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June 27, 2017

75 other U.K. buildings have flammable panels like those on Grenfell Tower

  • Experts say the London fire is the latest in a string of deadly blazes that demonstrate how building regulations have failed to keep up with changing materials.
    • By DANICA KIRKA
    Associated Press

    LONDON — The deaths of 79 people in a London apartment tower have triggered emergency inspections, evacuations and soul searching among British officials who failed to prevent the tragedy.

    But fire-safety experts say governments and builders around the world should take notice, because the fire at Grenfell Tower is just the latest in a string of deadly blazes that demonstrate how building regulations have failed to keep up with changing materials and cuts in inspections and oversight mean problems aren't spotted until it is too late.


     
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