Frightening news today shows an estimated 600 buildings in England have the same cladding to that used at the Grenfell Tower block where an inferno last week claimed the lives of at least 79 people, a spokeswoman for the British Prime Minister has said.
The spokeswoman said:
“The estimate provided to us by councils is that there are approximately 600 high rise buildings with similar cladding,”.
“We are obviously in touch with all the local authorities to encourage them to urgently send us the samples and then we will carry out the checks that we need,”.
She said so far cladding on three buildings have tested positive as combustible but that Wales, Scotland and when Northern Ireland haven’t yet been tested and could well have the same cladding also.