Episode 302 - Grenfell Tower
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The History of the Class 0 Rating System
If the Nosedly Heights fire had been properly investigated, then the issues with the class 0 rating system would have been realised. But of course, this isn't how things played out. And this incident in Merseyside wasn't even the government's only opportunity to make changes before Grenfell. In 2009, a fire broke out in Lacanelle House, a 14-story block of flats in Campbellwell, South London. Just a few years before in 2006, cladding panels had been fitted to the buildings exterior for insulation and aesthetic purposes. These panels were made of high pressure laminate, which is essentially tightly packed layers of wood and glue sandwiching combustible insulation in between.
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