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Quote from: "SCOUSE"It was a faulty fridge what apparently caused it, I knew it wouldn't have been a terror attack.

Quote from: "SCOUSE"It was a faulty fridge what apparently caused it, I knew it wouldn't have been a terror attack.

QuoteTheresa May Avoids Survivors of Grenfell Tower Fire During Visit to Scene of Disaster



As families of those still missing appealed for help in finding their loved ones, Prime Minister Theresa May visited the scene of a deadly fire at Grenfell Tower in Kensington, West London on Thursday, but declined to meet survivors.



May, whose new chief of staff has been accused of failing to implement the recommendations of a fire safety review that might have prevented the tragedy, also refused to permit journalists to accompany her during a briefing by firefighters.



That shielded her from uncomfortable questions — about her own role in "radical reforms" that saved money but cut the number of firefighters by 10,000 nationwide — and made for a striking contrast with a visit by Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the opposition Labour Party, who spent an emotional half hour with residents and relatives of the victims.



At one stage, Corbyn hugged a distraught woman who handed him a poster of Jessica Urbano, a missing 12-year-old girl, last heard from in a phone call to her mother from the 20th floor of the tower early Wednesday morning.



Corbyn also promised residents that he would make sure those responsible for failing to prevent the fire were held accountable. Although the confirmed death toll reached 17 on Thursday, many more residents are missing and the structure is not yet safe enough for recovery teams to search it completely.



The Labour leader was accompanied by Emma Dent Coad, who was narrowly elected to Parliament last week to represent Kensington, the country's richest constituency. Dent Coad told The Guardian on Thursday that "this fire was entirely preventable," if only the Conservative-led local council had listened to the repeated warnings of fire safety lapses put in writing by residents.



//https://theintercept.com/2017/06/15/theresa-may-avoids-survivors-grenfell-tower-fire-visit-scene-disaster/

Quote from: "Berry Sweet"Thats so sad.  What a horrible story...those flames were unreal...

Quote from: "Berry Sweet"I went to my parents house after work, european tv is always on...this was all over the news...

QuoteEight killed and 65 injured in kindergarten explosion in eastern China

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2098532/dozens-injured-and-fatalities-feared-kindergarten

Quote from: "cc"Saw that earlier. Really bad thing

Quote from: "Shen Li"

QuoteEight killed and 65 injured in kindergarten explosion in eastern China

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2098532/dozens-injured-and-fatalities-feared-kindergarten

Quote from: "cc"It's in the East, so less likely to be deliberate, although police have charged someone



Say, looking at the map, is that near QuingDao (forget exact spelling but its on East coast) where mate spent 8 days doing business?



Well, turned out he found out the 1st day that it was all "monkey business" they wanted, lol .. so the return trip could not come soon enough  .. long, strange, "educational"  some of it quite funny, and some quite a scary tale before he got back to Beijing and  headed home. Much of it he thought it best not to tell me on the phone as I would worry .. saved the good parts till he got home

Could write a long tale on all that happened during that 8 days

QuoteWhy is it less likely to be deliberate in the East? East Asia has arsonists too. People wanting an insurance payout, eliminate the competition or just plain old madmen.

Quote from: "cc"

QuoteWhy is it less likely to be deliberate in the East? East Asia has arsonists too. People wanting an insurance payout, eliminate the competition or just plain old madmen.

All good points and all possible causes. What I meant  was that the ongoing trouble in the West would not be in play as a possible  cause

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Quote from: "cc"

QuoteWhy is it less likely to be deliberate in the East? East Asia has arsonists too. People wanting an insurance payout, eliminate the competition or just plain old madmen.

All good points and all possible causes. What I meant  was that the ongoing trouble in the West would not be in play as a possible  cause

The other thing about China is it could be safety violations and the authorities are just saying it was criminal so the public won't  be pissed with the government.

Quote from: "SCOUSE"It was a faulty fridge what apparently caused it, I knew it wouldn't have been a terror attack.

Quote from: "Bricktop"

Quote from: "SCOUSE"It was a faulty fridge what apparently caused it, I knew it wouldn't have been a terror attack.

A faulty fridge started a fire.



Faulty design and materials killed what is expected to be around 70 people at the final count. And there are 4000 more of these deathtraps in the UK.

Quote from: "Fashionista"I don't understand how a concrete building can go up in flames like that?

Quote from: "cc"The number of people dead and missing presumed dead after the Grenfell Tower disaster has risen to 79, police have revealed. (//http)



I guess most of us expected that sort of end result