Dagenham blaze highlights ongoing high-rise fire safety problems
After a fire tore through a multi-storey building in Dagenham, East London, insurers have observed new notifications regarding building fire safety defects continue to trickle in, and cladding problems highlighted by the Grenfell Tower blaze remain.
On Bank Holiday Monday (26 August), 40 fire engines and around 225 firefighters tackled a fire at a block of flats on Freshwater Road in Dagenham.
The whole of the building was affected by the fire
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