London fires

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Prole. in reply to @Oliver Schick

This is a refurbished former office block and seems to have been a mixed-use building:

The top two floors appear to have been added around 2014 which have the non-compliant cladding. The lower floors are part of the original concrete facade and have look like they have been rendered. The balconies also look like they could have part timber structures which could have spread the fire between floors.

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Oliver Schick in reply to @Prole.

Ah yes, there's another block in Barking which had wooden balconies that burned:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-48706110

Structural timber seems to be a good thing all things considered but needs to be treated properly.

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sohi in reply to @Oliver Schick

But those chemicals it gets treated with are the kind of forever chemicals and once they do
combust the smoke is more toxic.

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