London – Faulty Fridge Sparked London Fire That Killed 79, Police Say

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    The burnt out remains of the Grenfell apartment tower are seen in North Kensington, London, Britain, June 18, 2017. REUTERS/Neil Hall London – A fire that killed at least 79 people at a London apartment block started in a Hotpoint fridge freezer, and the outside cladding engulfed by the blaze has since been shown to fail all safety tests, London police said on Friday.

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    Detective Superintendent Fiona McCormack said that in view of the heavy death toll, police were considering manslaughter charges over the disaster.

    She said the Hotpoint model, FF175BP, involved was not subject to recall and the manufacturer was doing further tests.

    “We now have expert evidence that the fire was not started deliberately,” McCormack told reporters in London.

    Britain ordered an immediate technical examination of the Hotpoint fridge model, manufactured between 2006 and 2009, to establish whether further action needed to be taken, but said there was no need for owners to switch off their appliances.

    Whirlpool Corp, the world’s largest maker of home appliances, owns the Hotpoint brand in the Europe and Asia Pacific regions. In the United States, the brand now belongs to Haier, following the Chinese group’s purchase of General Electric Co’s <GE.N> appliance business.

    “We are working with the authorities to obtain access to the appliance so that we can assist with the ongoing investigations,” Whirpool said in a statement. “Words cannot express our sorrow at this terrible tragedy.”

    Police said both the insulation and tiles used in cladding at the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block failed all post-fire safety tests.

    “Preliminary tests show the insulation samples collected from Grenfell tower combusted soon after the test started,” McCormack said.

    Such were their concerns after the tests that the information was immediately shared with government to disseminate more widely.

    “Given the deaths of so many people we are considering manslaughter as well as criminal offences and breaches of legislation and regulations,” McCormack said.

    The blaze, Britain’s worst since World War Two, has heaped pressure on Prime Minister Theresa May, already fighting for her political survival after her party lost its parliamentary majority in a snap election on June 8.

    When speaking about the 79 people dead or missing, presumed dead, McCormack said: “I fear that there are more.”

     


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    pinny
    pinny
    6 years ago

    you see it was the JEWS all along. who owns stocks in the fridge co the jews

    6 years ago

    > in view of the heavy death toll, police were considering manslaughter charges

    So if it was only one death the alleged guilty party wouldn’t have been guilty? And are they talking about the fridge or the building material?