ANOTHER Grenfell Tower disaster - fire raging through London

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Reported on the 17th floor
100 firefighters there
People have been advised to stay indoors

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-60652664

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[UserSince2005]

this happens all the time.

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this happens all the time.

Spreading quickly
TEN fire engines
Glass panes falling on pedestrians

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Not Yet on any News Channel

[UserSince2005]

Not Yet on any News Channel

because it happens all the time.

[UserSince2005]

Spreading quickly
TEN fire engines
Glass panes falling on pedestrians

monthly occurrence maybe

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Is that residential or business?

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Is that residential or business?

It Looks New

Be hard for firefighter to get that high.



High Rise Flats

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on LBC now

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Is that residential or business?

It’s some residential flats apparently

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25 more firefights have joined

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Be hard for firefighter to get that high.

He could smoke a spliff

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Huge fire in London skyscraper
A fire has broken out in a high-rise building in central London.

[Firefighters are tackling a blaze on the
17th floor of a block of flats on
Whitechapel High Street, Aldgate,
in the City of London.
Panels of glass can be seen falling to the
street below, while flames and thick smoke
pour from the building.

Fifteen fire engines and around 100 firefighters
have been called to the scene.]



https://twitter.com/i/events/1500886598812155912

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BBC1 London News
17th Floor Fire
now put out

No Injuries, No deaths





It is not raging through London - At All

[UserSince2005]

BBC1 London News
17th Floor Fire
now put out

No Injuries, No deaths





It is not raging through London - At All

of course, london is a big city, these incidents happen all the time.
no need for a thread about it.

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BBC1 London News
17th Floor Fire
now put out

No Injuries, No deaths





It is not raging through London - At All

It’s the great fire of london II actually

[Beso]

BBC1 London News
17th Floor Fire
now put out

No Injuries, No deaths

It is not raging through London - At All

Lots of russian papers and photos up in smoke though.