Get email updates with the day's biggest stories Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeMore than 70 schools are likely to have been built using combustible insulation since it was banned on high-rise buildings following the Grenfell Tower fire. Plastic insulation, which may have helped the flames spread at Grenfell, is also likely to have been used on 25 hospitals, care homes and sheltered housing, a study by non-combustible insulation firm Rockwool found. The first phase of an inquiry into the disaster found aluminium composite cladding was the primary cause of the fire’s spread, but added it was “more likely than not” that plastic insulation contributed. Have your say in the comment section(Image: PA)Geoff Barton, of the Association of School and College Leaders, said the figures estimated by Rockwool using industry data were a “major cause for concern”.

Source: Daily Mirror May 31, 2021 20:36 UTC