Photo: DPAGerman authorities on Tuesday evacuated a high-rise apartment building in the western city of Wuppertal, over fire safety fears in the wake of London's Grenfell Tower tragedy. She added however that it was unclear if the insulation is similar to the Grenfell cladding, which was widely blamed for the rapid spread of the massive blaze on June 14th. Thousands of residents in London have been cleared from 650 flats on similar safety grounds following the deadly London blaze. But across England alone, some 600 tower blocks are believed to have similar external tiling,The suspect cladding was installed on the 24-storey council-owned Grenfell Tower, which was built in 1974, as part of a refurbishment completed last year. Earlier Tuesday, British Prime Minister Theresa May promised an investigation into the use of such cladding on British high-rise buildings.

Source: The Local June 27, 2017 17:03 UTC