Hundreds of firefighters battle blaze at East London tower block

[@bigbasil1908]

By the looks of that, that converted office building was not fit to be used as flats. Fire ripped through the whole lot? What were the internal dividing walls made of? Cardboard?

[@halonewman9341]

Funny THATS WHAT THEY SAID IN THE VIDEO 😂😂😂

[@irenedavo3768]

What started it?

[@paxundpeace9970]

The fire spread on the exterior due to cladding. Walls between units have to be structural

[@gambrydew2059]

Business people trying to make a quick buck.

[@kingsilvers69]

​@@paxundpeace9970wrong!

[@SHINBET666]

Another Grenfall disaster . I hope and pray everyone is safe . 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️

[@fuckbankers]

72

[@Kielbasa_Starmer]

Nah that was full of people that weren't supposed to be here. Probably stared using their 3rd world practices of overloading sockets with temu electronics

[@burgundyexpress]

E-bikes should be banned from high-rise buildings.

[@Jamietheroadrunner]

Especially the Chinese made ones. They’ve caused so many deaths in China, the west has to stop importing these cheap & deadly products.

[@JanetJames-dw6xo]

I feel sorry for the people not only are they homeless now but have lost all their possessions. At least they are alive though.

[@temparalflux914]

ah well, you will forget all about it in a week.

[@JanetJames-dw6xo]

@@temparalflux914 yes I probably will but they won't.

[@JohanWulff]

It’s gonna be hard and stressful but they’ll bounce back so long as they’re alive 🙏

[@eamondelaney3287]

£1600 per month rent. How can a bus driver afford that.

[@christopherjhall]

Through hard work

[@marcus.H]

tfl pay very generously

[@Pear-zo4em]

Far too much money to live in London.

[@mia_f]

I’m shocked

[@dridda9117]

@@christopherjhall mug

[@Truthseeker1515]

Grenfell again....greed, always greed!

[@gambrydew2059]

Thank God nobody died.

[@2760ade]

£1600 a month for one of those crappy little flats, in that horrible area? Unbelievable! Why does anybody live anywhere near London!!

[@teebo4041]

1600 a month?. GTFOH THATS MAAAD

[@jockster5525]

Not for the tax payers...who pay for everything

[@mike.5050]

What abt people who pay £2k for mortgage? East London means mostly benefits abusers, what abt other people who work by paying tax for those benefit abusers?

[@Rabswood296]

I hope all residents and their pets are safe.

[@BMack-p9s]

Seriously?! There was a report that said they were not safe? After Grenfell?! Sick to the stomach of fat cat landlords.

[@Stephan__ox.]

my thoughts with all those affected

[@jeztickles4361]

Someone’s claiming a fortune in lost scaffolding!!

[@jennyraywood8962]

I hope everybody is OK. Hope you all get the help you all are gonna need xxx

[@XerrolAvengerII]

horrifying! I hope those people get support in rebuilding their lives

[@shawnaellcey6970]

Oh not again!!! Tower blocks are just not safe! Remember Grenfell Tower!!! 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@jasereed5258]

"Dont delay,claim today"

[@socillizt4life]

Thank all that’s good that nobody was killed in this one, unlike the Grenfell tragedy. The government needs too invest in making these type of housing blocks far safer than they are currently because it’s only a matter of time before something like this happens again & the people might not be so lucky the next time.

[@jasereed5258]

Yeh more spending but we spending 7 million per day on hotels DUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@paxundpeace9970]

This was/is a privately owned building.

[@paxundpeace9970]

This is not owned by the council or government.

[@socillizt4life]

@@jasereed5258 Wow, your sort don’t miss a chance to try & connect every single thing into an issue regarding asylum seekers eh. Talk about an obsession & a seriously problematic obsession at that. As for these “Hotels” you’re referring too. What hotels exactly ? You do realise that once a building that used to be a “hotel” is converted into a hostel, used for asylum seeker accommodation, it then no longer becomes a “hotel”. Hotels have gyms, bars, restaurants with a wide selection of foods & drinks on their menus & so on. Asylum Seeker accommodation/hostels, don’t have anything that even remotely comes close to having any of those luxuries. Stop believing everything you read in the Daily Mail or what people without a clue spread on social media. Trust me you’d be doing yourself & this countries political climate a huge favour. STOP BELIEVING THE HYPE!!!

[@GymmyRhys]

As if it isnt bad enough as it is when people put 'to' when it should be 'too', but you just done it the opposite way round by putting 'too' when it should be 'to' which is even worse because then you took the extra effort of adding in the extra character only to make it wrong...

[@kevinwellwrought2024]

London in 1660 and in 2024 are the same in regard to fire safety

[@Minimal444]

Not really, fire safety is very strict now after the Grenfell tower fire, so strict you are not allowed to use expanding foam on internal apartment doors, so you are sacrificing quality of build in favour of fire safety. Old buildings just don't have that much fire safety as the new builds, there is not much you can do, except from stripping lots of things and changing them and that is not that easy and simple.

[@kingsouther]

Just think of all the buildings built since 2008 that used chinese based suppliers for materials. Buy cheap goods and dont be surprised you get cheap buildings.

[@masere]

But not in regard to knife crime and terrorism.

[@al1356]

@@Minimal444if only those tested products were tested in a real environment. Maybe then standards would be better and companies would not get certification as easily as they do. Tested should mean real life testing not laboratory testing where the environment can and is manipulated to be a perfect installation. We do not live in a perfect world. Some installers are better than others just like some products are better than others.

[@kalengera]

"You can run but cant hide". "New generation, new ways", 2 astronauts stuck up in space, no matter how much of space knowledge/history, we still find ourselves back to the drawing board. Doors, panels, wheels falling of the mighty BOEING? says it all. History seems to have lost its value in this materialistic world.

[@azul8811]

Was that first guy caught in the shower when he was told to evacuate?

[@Kallumsworld]

He was dressed like that for a bet.

[@TheMingez2]

No... they use that to protect their hair either it was wet or from the night before.

[@llnny863]

Maybe it’s the new fashion 😂

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Tribal custom....?

[@mike.5050]

@@Kallumsworld benefits bet

[@dfluke3698]

Similar happened in Edinburgh March this year ! Not a lot said about that now and will be at least 2 years before any sign of house owners returning !

[@margaretsmith7918]

So glad their safe. X

[@ponyboycurtis3795]

Wow..listen to those local Dagenham accents.. at least he made it out with his shower cap in place 😂😂

[@GaryHawkins-o2t]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kathyohara6658]

Sick comment. There is nothing funny about hundreds of people losing everything they have. Karma is a thing.

[@masere]

​@kathyohara6658 everything they have was given to them when they claimed asylum.

[@emmasloly3773]

​@user-yw4bg2pn1e Why are you laughing? you are sick not a racist just a sick person.

[@emmasloly3773]

​@@maserehow do you know that? What made you make that assumption? Is it because they don't have white skin or because you know them all personally? Also not calling you a racist just trying to understand your comment.

[@chitea-q2u]

How many years later you’re still removing cladding. Smh no words

[@Air7Rhythms]

Why would you wear that on your head

[@sutats]

This is an existential crisis.

[@midnattsol6207]

at what point does the state start to construct housing so conversions like this aren't required? Or are we still busy depriving it of income?

[@jasereed5258]

Yeh state constructing houses... can you find a workforce of skilled builders who will work for 1p per hour? Otherwise we can't afford it because the country is over 100bn in debt already... where do you people get your ideas from?

[@paxundpeace9970]

The UK quit building social housing in the 80s and 90s and then under theatcher they got sold off.

[@faithlesshound5621]

@@paxundpeace9970 Thatcher made it almost impossible for councils to use the money to build new council housing.

[@josephfraley4432]

It did not collapse.

[@shootingbangers7375]

I’m not even going to talk about the man’s shower cap 🙄, at least nobody was killed.

[@kimkomplains1485]

Not a shower cap. It’s a silk bonnet to protect his hair.

[@azul8811]

He was probably showering when he was told to evacuate, and time was of the essence.

[@richardmccabe2392]

First of all its a bonnet, second of all why do you care so much lol

[@LoveWalking24]

That's what I was thinking too.

[@richmerch]

It's a bonnet to protect your hair while sleeping.

[@WiltedRoseTattoos]

I hope people was all safe I see this and thought of Grenfall towers

[@cbtube1677]

It’s sad it’s happened to the family, but the debate around value for money, house safety and property investment fraud/extortion needs to be had here. Quickly built shitty builds that have a problem every week, water off, plumbing backing up, burst water pipes, heating on in the summer.

[@NatureSymphonicMusic]

Turning office buildings into home is shameful on the government. They need to build decent safe homes.

[@halonewman9341]

In birmingham , there is a tower called trident house just off broad street built the eighties Converted office building multiple fires inside.Never burnt down , still standing to this day, They don't make them like they used to!

[@IOSARBX]

Channel 4 News, nice content keep it up bro

[@scienceevolves4417]

Cladding issues... Who knew! Such a novelty 😂😂😂😂😂😉😉😉😉

[@GraceH81]

It's Grenfell again!! I am so sorry ❤

[@paxundpeace9970]

Only a few got injured not sure if somebody died.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

This reporter is a qualified journalist..?? Really...?!?!

[@mandycheetham-ob2ve]

And the sickening thing is glenfell is still up the people who lost loved one's are reminded every day disgusting it will happen again because nobody learns from these disasters

[@sophieWright-di8xn]

1600 a month how do they afford that

[@llnny863]

How did it start?

[@WinstonSmith19847]

And the facilities needed to help the homeless in the UK are seriously lacking also.

[@MrBaskins2010]

thousands of buildings in england are built just as poorly if not worse...

[@Mantaray911]

Who is the building contractor or developer?

[@GLOBALV1S1ON]

Send the owners to prison

[@liviurosca]

1:43 that's a big help right there

[@AranS-r6r]

Went past the firetrucks earlier it happened on freshwater road by chadwell heath station

[@janiceturton7756]

i used to live in Chadwell heath in late 70s and early 80s. So glad i moved to east midlands, much nicer . lower cost housing , not far from countryside and many other advantages

[@AranS-r6r]

@@janiceturton7756 coincidentally im moving to the outskirts of birmingham by the countryside so thank you for the reassuring comment cant wait to get out of here

[@ImSadiaNadeem]

Right-wing: Blame the Muslims.

[@Ilsy-Antics]

No hotels left for them to go to

[@lindaheathcote1696]

You're right....NO VACANCIES.

[@irenedavo3768]

1600 pounds per month?

[@nocsy7806]

I pay £1700 for a 2 bed on the very edge of london.

[@dee_-_]

​@@nocsy7806why

[@thedoobieshrew0244]

Is that Bizzare from D12?

[@FearDaReaper]

lol 😂 I literally was looking if anyone mentioned anything about that

[@ponyboycurtis3795]

Classic 😂😂

[@alleynealisleem9777]

UK Or Anywhere in The World Shouldn't Be Allowed To Build Residential High Rise Apartments!😡

[@jamyphill]

Oh well all these guys coming over on boats will fix it up in no time with all there skills when they leave there fully paid for hotels

[@memeoti6266]

Sue them.

[@AlanHerbert-bg2tz]

Dagenham isn't East London it's in Essex

[@kevinmott6205]

Another residential clearance

[@blakehammerpack4710]

Tragedy strikes 💔

[@stevenmorley1639]

Those residents will be staying at the local leisure centre for a long time .

[@lukejenkins9341]

How ironic as they were taking down the cladding

[@The_Rizz_Lord_]

Greedy landlords trying to skin people off their living

[@mickeyminime7556]

I used to live near dagenham.

[@JP_LDN582]

supply and demand. pretty simple economics. you fill the country with people then no one can afford to live

[@bumblebeetuna72]

Blimey that’s scary !

[@dantheman8877]

When you give nice things to silly people🙄 say no more

[@jcreswick]

Looks like building 7 only this one is still standing go figure

[@azul8811]

Unlike B7, firefighting operations were not suspended at this job and the wet stuff was placed on the red stuff.

[@jcreswick]

I wonder if they will get hotel rooms tonight?

[@Twizzel100]

Nope,full of migrants.

[@Lasquez111]

No the hotels are full and they can’t jump the immigrants housing list!

[@paxundpeace9970]

​@@Lasquez111Rioters shouldn't have tried to burn down hotels. But that in Rotherham is empty now.

[@paxundpeace9970]

London has about 130.000 hotel rooms.

[@masere]

Grenfell survivors, most of them foreigners, got 4 star hotels and £50,000 credit cards. This was kept secret, and only revealed when people appeared in court after lying about living there, and getting those freebies. One person, saying he lived there, gave his flat number and the floor it was on. He was put up in a hotel and given the credit card with no questions asked. It was only later that a check revealed the flat number he gave wasn't on the floor he said. A couple who also lied and were put in a hotel and given a £50,000 card, no questions asked, and only later it was discovered that not only did they not live there, but that they were here illegally!

[@BMack-p9s]

Full rent refund plus compensation for the risk to their lives for them all.

[@ooo-w7q5x]

Is this channel 4 produced and recorded in Africa

[@paxundpeace9970]

Racist comment

[@paxundpeace9970]

Rioter deported

[@Liverpoolboy01]

Racist little person spouting hate.

[@kathyohara6658]

No because if it were you would find a lot of decendants of British colonisers there, like me for instance. There are just as many British here in Africa as there are Africans in Britain. Educate yourself.

[@ooo-w7q5x]

@@kathyohara6658 listen the uk gov have done this deli beratly

[@bertcollard6619]

Sad story

[@grahamesykes4929]

Lithium iron batteries everywhere ….

[@chrisbeckford5840]

Insurance job it will come out watch this space. They want those people move put of London.. 😮

[@retrowatches1655]

Every cloud has a silver lining .

[@emmabrooker166]

?

[@WinstonSmith19847]

Trite nonsense.

[@retrowatches1655]

@@WinstonSmith19847 you don't know what I'm referring to .....fool

[@retrowatches1655]

@@WinstonSmith19847 peeedoooa

[@BigDiesel1989]

Aw, s***, here we go again!

[@guy4469]

most are out at nottinghill get home no flat game over .

[@faithlesshound5621]

No major political party dares to burst the housing bubble, because those who have already paid through the nose to buy don't want prices to come down. Investors are pushing up house prices and therefore also rent. A large proportion of MPs are in the "buy for rent" racket themselves, so they'll make sure landlords won't lose out.

[@eddenoy321]

Grenfell Pt 2 ?

[@davidyersz8668]

Woz this ANOTHER deliberate INSIDE job just like the Grenfell Tower block fire

[@unspoiltnature2830]

So sad

[@AuramiteEX]

These fires don't just start. Someone who lives there is to blame

[@Neowulf2066]

I hope the bug pods we're all supposed to be getting are safer than these.

[@jamesrobbins3582]

Don't put profits before lives.

[@MrRickardoantonio]

Insurance 🙄

[@sihammohammed2109]

What coused the fire 🔥

[@markbennett6037]

that bus driver works 3 days a week just for his rent.

[@sarahwagland1559]

My cousin's Senegalese husband almost burnt the house down. He's not used to using fire indoors. Edit: my husband just reminded me that he did it not once but twice 😂 Lovely guy but not the brightest 😊

[@Kriegsman1119]

lots of insurance claims incoming

[@angelgreen2602]

That a Ezy way to put them out to depend on others that will profit from there loss

[@angelgreen2602]

Go to the mountains,get faraway. From the 2st consumption of smoke you became cancer

[@jettser17UK]

A large city like London need to build supertall residential towers at and beyond 310m if they're to make use of empty spaces above. The ridiculous building height limits need to be axed!

[@richmerch]

It is not the City of London. There are residential terraced homes that don't want to be surrounded by skyscrapers.

[@kennethvenezia4400]

Well, this will help with affordable housing availability in London. Way to go tories. You did a great job with affordable housing in the last 14 years. Now we will see if labour is full of the same disregard for the people they're supposed to represent

[@germanasandiforth1397]

SOUNDS THAT FOREIGNERS HAVE TAKEN THE BUILDING

[@StephenHopkinsVaults]

Dear Oh dear. Tax payers will build you some luxury new ones…

[@1alvarouribe]

Los entrevistados ,el entrevistador ,el bombero ,el testigo ,todos negros ,seguro que es Londres ?

[@stevenpage1932]

Jeepers that is bad.

[@leemccabemccabe5627]

🙏

[@tucosalamanca4478]

I thought this was that russian high rise apartment building hit by an Ukrainian drone.

[@OueidaPeters]

They didn’t paint their roof blue, like the Chinese people did.

[@jonjames7328]

I’m reminded that less than half of Londoners are of white Anglo Saxon heritage. Immigration = overcrowding= not enough housing.

we were never asked if we wanted immigration

[@faithlesshound5621]

Nor was anybody asked if they wanted to be in the British Empire and to send their taxes to London. Those people's ancestors paid for the infrastructure of Britain and much of Western Europe. If they want a return on that investment, they have to come here.

[@billymabum3514]

@@faithlesshound5621they didn’t have a choice . We do

@@faithlesshound5621 so by that logic it's ok if we go and enslave the italians because of the romans that enslaved britons? it's ok if we go and raid norway/sweden because of the vikings? you think you're being clever but you're not, all you snowflakes love going back in time to present things from history to the present acting like we should be pay the price for what our ancestors done, it doesnt work like that. I know in your deluded worlds it does but that's not how it goes. We dont owe anyone anything because we never had a role in the empire do you understand how that works? should germans today be paying the price for what they had absolutely no control over because most of them werent born when it happened... no... they are NOT GUILTY and they dont owe anyone anything the same as british people today. In a court of law your argument would be dismissed very easily.

@@faithlesshound5621 so by tht logic the germans today are guilty of WW2, the swedes/norwegians are guilty for the vikings, the italians guilty for the romans etc.. you want people to feel guilty and pay a price for something they had no control over because they weren't even born when it happened... that's called lunacy and if this were a court your argument would be thrown out very easily.

[@Sheshe1263]

Two in the one day Hmm

[@masere]

Every resident I've seen interviewed on TV is foreign. I guess the dinghy lot jumped the housing queue. Again.

[@lisas1612]

Foreign, but speaking with local accents. Almost as if they’re English.

[@Slabfish]

​@@lisas1612he hasn't been outside in 5 years leave him alone

[@chrismacdonald8494]

They can look forward to the fact that they won't be rehoused until all the boat people are safe and cosy

[@flashbackcubsfan2055]

Any whites left in London?

[@DataDon-rl1mb]

Fulham Football Club, oh, and Spurs...

[@scottanderson3751]

Politicians fault but they made a few quid and are “sorry” so they get away with it completely free-lucky for some eh ✌️