Seven years after the Grenfell fire, another 112-flat building gutted by fire in the UK was known to have unsafe cladding, as well as failures in the London Fire Service and the local council. Fire engulfed the Spectrum tower block, fortunately with no lives lost, but...
England and Scotland alone have over 15 000 tall apartment blocks which still have non fire-safe cladding. The UK Government has said that there may be 7 000 buildings for which cladding fire safety remediation is needed which have not yet been declared, in addition...
Grenfell fire inquiry concludes responsibility of Government, cladding companies, the building industry, as well as architects (Studio E), contractors (Rydon, Harley Facades), fire engineers and fire testing (Exova Warrington), the Building Research Establishment...
Fire services say e-bike and scooter charging probably caused several fatal fires. Insurer says battery fires up by nearly 50%. Six people died in a fire, Novi Sad, Serbia, August 2024, possibly caused by an e-scooter charging. A mother and two children died in a fire...
Literature survey finds five published studies on personal mobility device (PMD) fires with 185 burn injuries. The studies from Singapore, Israel, China and France, covering burn injuries from e-bike and e-scooter fires, suggest that fires are often from unattended...
