Dozens of firefighters in London are battling a fire on the 15th floor of a 17 floor high rise block of flats in South East London. I hope everybody has been safely evacuated and firefighters have been able to get the fire under control.
It will be interesting to see what has caused this fire and whether the fire was able to be contained within a single flat. Hopefully the dry riser and AOV systems are all working and any other fire safety systems all did their job.
If this was a building with a stay put policy, then it will be interesting to see whether firefighters had to evacuate any nearby flats or if any smoke managed to escape in the communal lobbies and staircase areas.
Its also always worth mentioning the external facade of the building. If these fires break out of an external wall via a window or balcony then the materials on the building can have a major impact on external fire spread. I will keep an eye on this one and lets hope everybody is safe.
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