Some 181 high-rise buildings have failed safety tests carried out after a fire that killed at least 80 people in London last month, the British government said on Sunday. Officials are conducting tests on some 600 high-rise buildings across England after fire ravaged the Grenfell tower block in west London on June 14. The Department for Communities said in a statement that the cladding from 181 high-rise buildings in 51 local authority areas had failed tests. (This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

Source: dna July 02, 2017 15:11 UTC