Posts Tagged ‘fire’
Fire expert criticises ‘lazy’ risk assessment for Dalston block – carried out a year before the roof went up in flames
Around 50 residents were forced into temporary accommodation by the blaze earlier this summer
Read MoreAlsatian ‘back to normal’ after being rescued from fire in Dalston
Kiko was pulled out of a 14-storey block of flats on Tyssen Street earlier this week
Read MorePeabody residents demand better support in wake of ‘traumatising’ Dalston Lane fire
Despite Peabody’s efforts to rehouse people, some are calling on the housing association to ‘do more’
Read MoreMan arrested after making ‘allegedly antisemitic’ threats close to scene of Clapton house fire
The 60-year-old was detained on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life following blaze on Newick Road
Read MoreWoman taken to hospital after major fire in Dalston
Ridley Road was closed overnight as 70 firefighters tackled the blaze on Chester Crescent
Read MoreUnderground car park fire below block of flats caused by ‘boiler fault’
25 firefighters tackled a fire in a car park on Lea Bridge Road
Read MoreLondon firefighters still not doing ‘real fire training in high-rises’ – six years on from Grenfell
City’s deputy fire chief concedes more ‘realistic’ training is needed after union raises alarm
Read More‘Wiped out by carelessness’: Gardeners devastated after grass fire damages trees at Millfields community orchard
London Fire Brigade ‘concerned that some grass fires are being started deliberately’
Read MoreHuge rise in e-scooter collisions in London ‘likely to be the tip of the iceberg’, warns Assembly Member
Unmesh Desai hits out at illegal e-scooters as figures show nearly as many collisions in the first six months of 2021 than in the whole of 2020
Read MoreLTNs had ‘no impact’ on fire response times in London last year, new figures show
Capital’s fire service says response times in inner London ‘remain quicker’ than in outer London
Read MoreFour escape basement fire at Stoke Newington café
One treated for smoke inhalation after blaze at Lydia Café on Church Street this morning
Read MoreAnger after bin fire at council block where cladding is being replaced
Lincoln Court residents say blaze is a ‘warning shot’ following ‘numerous conversations’ with council about safety practices
Read MoreMayor ‘disappointed’ about council’s cladding report U-turn – which he discovered reading the Hackney Citizen
Philip Glanville says he did not agree with the decision and will release a ‘hybrid report’ later this year
Read MoreGrenfell: Hackney Council has no deadline for expert cladding tests and is ‘unsure’ of cost
CladTech Associates ‘have not given a specific date’ for report ordered in June
Read MoreTown Hall misses high priority blaze threat targets three times
Guidance set by safety experts on dealing with ‘P1’ risks is that they must be fixed within a month
Read MoreGrenfell Fire: Cladding to be inspected as Hackney plans ‘independent review’
Tower blocks will be checked for fire safety following Grenfell disaster
Read MoreGrenfell fire: Only two Hackney tower blocks have sprinklers – both on the same estate
Council confirms 99 per cent of borough’s 181 housing blocks have no sprinklers
Read MoreGrenfell Tower fire: Hackney mayor reveals number of council high rises that have sprinklers installed
Philip Glanville says fitting was based on fire risk assessments carried out by council
Read MoreGrenfell Tower fire: Hackney Council unable to say which of its high rise blocks have sprinklers installed
Hackney Citizen quizzes council over fire safety measures for residential towers
Read MoreGrenfell Tower fire: Mayor Philip Glanville seeks to reassure residents living in Hackney blocks
Hackney Citizen quizzes council about its own fire safety checks on the borough’s estates
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