Material at Center of London Fire Will Not Be Sold for High Rises
SPREADING OF FIRE CREATING A CHIMNEY EFFECT CAVITY CLADDING PANELS WITH PLASTIC CORE OLD WALL INSULATION OLD WALL CAVITY, ABOUT 2 INCHES AIR Radiant heat from the burning cladding
and insulation, combined with air rushing through the gap, increased the intensity of the fire.
SPREADING OF FIRE CREATING A CHIMNEY EFFECT CAVITY CLADDING PANELS WITH PLASTIC CORE OLD WALL INSULATION OLD WALL CAVITY, ABOUT 2 INCHES AIR Radiant heat from the burning cladding
and insulation, combined with air rushing through the gap, increased the intensity of the fire.
CREATING A CHIMNEY EFFECT CAVITY CLADDING PANELS WITH PLASTIC CORE OLD WALL INSULATION OLD WALL CAVITY, ABOUT 2 INCHES AIR Radiant heat from the burning cladding
and insulation, combined with air rushing through the gap, increased the intensity of the fire.
SPREADING OF FIRE Flammable cladding and insulation enabled the fire to spread rapidly on the exterior of the building.
By DANNY HAKIMJUNE 26, 2017
LONDON — Arconic, the American manufacturing company
that sold combustible paneling used in Grenfell Tower, a London housing project that was the site of the deadliest fire here in decades, said Monday it would no longer sell the same type of material for use in high rises.
Flammable cladding and insulation enabled the fire to spread rapidly on the exterior of the building.
Flammable cladding and insulation enabled the fire to spread rapidly on the exterior of the building.
