Huge blaze engulfs 24-storey Grenfell Tower in west London

[pocaracas]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/...ar-white1/

'Number of fatalaties' confirmed - many unaccounted for
Trapped residents pictured at windows as screams heard
At least 50 people in hospital amid investigation into cause
'The whole building has gone': Witnesses tell of horrific scenes
Residents claim safety warnings in 2014 'fell on deaf ears'

The guys with tons of regulations and fire hazard protections and whatnot...

[Little lunch]

It's truly horrible.

[NuclearEnergy]

I bet it is an insurance scam. I'm quite curious as to why this got so much play in the news. I am not trying to sound ignorant, however, it seems a building fire in a large city isn't something that is usually news worthy on a global scale. I mean, here in Phoenix there was a fire at a junk yard that was fairly large. And the only people covering it were local news outlets. Does anyone know why this got so much play?

[ignoramus]

it could be because of the potential loss of life.
let's wait and see...

[Joods]

I bet it is an insurance scam. I'm quite curious as to why this got so much play in the news. I am not trying to sound ignorant, however, it seems a building fire in a large city isn't something that is usually news worthy on a global scale. I mean, here in Phoenix there was a fire at a junk yard that was fairly large. And the only people covering it were local news outlets. Does anyone know why this got so much play?

I'm willing to bet that a fire at a junk yard isn't going to have anywhere near the fatalities that a high rise building has. So that's my guess.

[NuclearEnergy]

I bet it is an insurance scam. I'm quite curious as to why this got so much play in the news. I am not trying to sound ignorant, however, it seems a building fire in a large city isn't something that is usually news worthy on a global scale. I mean, here in Phoenix there was a fire at a junk yard that was fairly large. And the only people covering it were local news outlets. Does anyone know why this got so much play?

I'm willing to bet that a fire at a junk yard isn't going to have anywhere near the fatalities that a high rise building has. So that's my guess.

That's a very good point. But yeah, like I said; I hope I'm making sense.

[brewer]

jesus christ London. About time you got a break.

Sympathies and condolences.

[chimp3]

Tragedy!

[Thumpalumpacus]

Fingers Xed for as many as possible living, but from what I've seen, I think the death-toll will be high indeed. Horrible.

I bet it is an insurance scam. I'm quite curious as to why this got so much play in the news. I am not trying to sound ignorant, however, it seems a building fire in a large city isn't something that is usually news worthy on a global scale. I mean, here in Phoenix there was a fire at a junk yard that was fairly large. And the only people covering it were local news outlets. Does anyone know why this got so much play?

Because it's a high-rise residency with a large life-loading? Because the images produced are gripping?

[Fidel_Castronaut]

Eyewitness accounts are haunting. Reminds me a little of 9/11 with people trapped unable to get out and doing whatever they could to avoid the inferno. People were using flashlights according to some residents to signal they were alive but trapped inside.

Horrible, a lot of young kids and young families there too :/

Someone is going to jail somewhere here I would think. By some accounts the fire alarms didn't even work in some flats/floors.