On 23/06/2017 11:27, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
Not only the flats, but the stairwell should have fire doors to the
corridors too. So two ways the smoke should have been stopped getting
from the flat to the stairs.

and if you have to pass the kitchen door escaping from a bedroom the
kitchen would require an SCFD as well ........

Which is normal in this type of flat. However, it's not really the fire in
the flat which is of interest since these will always happen, sadly. But
why it spread so quickly and escape was impossible for so many.

indeed .....but everybody else had deviated from what was the real problem
that things like fire doors would not have helped ....



That's not really true, they should have saved everyone.
The central core should have been safe for at least a hour.
The fire service should have been able to get everyone out through it.
The external fire should have had no effect on the central core, or any
fire in a flat.

The inquiry will have to find out why it didn't work and its not the
external cladding burning that caused it. People said they couldn't see
or breath shortly after the fire started not an hour later.