LONDON: Residents of 800 London flats were hurriedly evacuated Saturday due to fire safety fears over their tower blocks’ external cladding, after urgent testing prompted by the deadly Grenfell Tower inferno. The dramatic decision follows urgent testing of the towers’ exteriors, which were installed by the same contractor as the Grenfell Tower. As a result, Chalcots residents were being sent to hotels across the city. “Where do they think we’re all going?”In an update early Saturday, Camden Council said they had secured “hundreds of hotel beds for Chalcots’ residents. Prime Minister Theresa May said her thoughts were with the evacuated Chalcots residents.

Source: Manila Times June 24, 2017 02:15 UTC