General Chat

Top tip - using the Genes Reunited community

Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

  • The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
  • You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
  • And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
  • The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

Boards

Quick Search

Single word search

Tools

Findmypast DNA Banner

Icons

  • New posts
  • No new posts
  • Thread closed
  • Stickied, new posts
  • Stickied, no new posts

Unsafe at any height

Login to Add Reply Watch This
ProfilePosted byOptionsPost Date

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 15 Nov 2017 19:59

Hi Nyx .....

thanks, I found the same report!

I was just coming back to say I'd googled, and the tower did not seem to have the same cladding, though new cladding had been planned in 2015.

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Rambling

Rambling Report 15 Nov 2017 19:57

Sylvia, this from The Independent about a quarter of an hour ago

"John McPoland, a spokesman for the ambulance service of Northern Ireland, said: “The flats were evacuated by the fire service.

"They went in and were extinguishing the fire in a flat believed to be on the ninth floor.

"Four patients are receiving ambulance assistance at this moment. It appears that everyone has been evacuated.

“Northern Ireland ambulance service were called to the scene at 17.35 by fire and rescue.

"They dispatched five ambulance and emergency crew, five rapid response paramedics, nine ambulance officers, a doctor and two heart paramedics."

According to the Belfast Telegraph, hundreds of residents are now out in the street, with the local community hall operated by Seymour Hill and Conway Community Association opened.

The fire comes months after a local councillor in the area sought assurances that the block was safe following the Grenfell Tower fire."

"In June, DUP Councillor Jonathan Craig said after the fire in London he had concerns about lack of sprinklers and smoke alarms in the hallways.

He also noted that none of the flats had the cladding that existed at Grenfell Tower, though new cladding for the building had been planned in 2015."

Researching:

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 15 Nov 2017 19:53

did it have the same outer coating as the one in London?

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 15 Nov 2017 19:34

Coolmoyne House, a high rise block of social housing in Belfast, is on fire.
The residents have been evacuated.

Researching:
The Man In the High Castle