800 households from five tower blocks in Camden, London have been evacuated over fears that the cladding used is similar to that of Grenfell tower which saw last week’s inferno.
Camden Council leader Georgia Gould said that the council checked the towers and that their insulation was found to be safe but external cladding on the blocks “was not up to the standard that we wanted and was not fire retardant”.
She said it was a “really really difficult decision” and that the council took a long time to decide to evacuate the blocks while urgent fire safety work is completed.
It’s understood that the work will take three to four weeks.