Ot: Or not. tower fire...

Yes, friends of ours moved from Manchester to Corwall at the time Beko fridge-freezers came to prominence. Within a couple of months their FF caused the house to be gutted, destroyed all their possessions and killed their dog - luckily they were all okay.

SteveW

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Steve Walker
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Thankfully, you lose :-P

An employee of a fire and rescue authority who is authorised in writing by the authority for the purposes of this section may do anything he reasonably believes to be necessary

if he reasonably believes a fire to have broken out or to be about to break out, for the purpose of extinguishing or preventing the fire or protecting life or property;

In particular, an employee of a fire and rescue authority who is authorised as mentioned in subsection (1) may under that subsection

move or break into a vehicle without the consent of its owner;

Reply to
Andy Burns

Ah, thought the post didn't sound quite right. TM certainly does pick 'em, though!

Reply to
Bob Eager

Nothing, and it's been there over a year!

If it survives in HOH etc., perhaps it serves some purpose in informing or pissing off.

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Bob Eager

Have you sent them a bill yet?

Owain

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spuorgelgoog

In article , snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.co.uk writes

Not funny.

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bert

In article , Mike Tomlinson writes

Who is -the local council who owned the block?

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bert

I believe ground floor flats are *not* popular due to their vulnerability to even quite young troublemakers. The optimum seems to be first floor with at least two escape routes/entrances, the fire escape only being accessible from above.

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Roger Hayter

There was a bit of Video of a housing block fire in France where the cladding carried the fire up the building VERY fast, it was on the BBC news earlier.

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tony sayer

In article , Mike Tomlinson scribeth thus

I think its called Reynobond the one used there..

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tony sayer

Nothing is foolproof. Welcome to life.

NT

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tabbypurr

That would make it not criminal, but doesn't remove liability.

NT

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tabbypurr

That doesn't cut it. What's needed is a law that permits a) a vehicle to be damaged (eg rammed out the way) b) no liability for doing it. Until those are there, almost no firefighter wold want to bankrupt themselves to save lives by doing this.

NT

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tabbypurr

How about this for a possible solution? A sign on the access road saying: CRUSH ZONE You may park here for 20 minutes max If emergency access is required your vehicle may be damaged or destroyed without recompense.

Then all you need is a ramming fire truck. People can park there if they want, and they know the price.

NT

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tabbypurr

Why? It would be better if everything had been done correctly.

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Richard

Like the BBC reporters talking about "The Poor" in relation to the victims.

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Richard

is that not what social housing was originally for ? ....

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Jim GM4DHJ ...

Kensington & chelsea I think

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Reply to
The Natural Philosopher

And is the TMO in essence just a department of the council, an arms-length subsidiary, or fully independent?

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Andy Burns

That was used on another tower block that had a spreading fire. The information released on this one is that the cladding is two sheets of aluminium with a polyethylene core. This has been linked to fires in other parts of the world.

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Nightjar

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