About 300 people were evacuated from the building after the fire in August Flammable cladding and strong winds helped a blaze spread across an apartment building after a balcony's light fitting caught ...

Grenfell Tower-style building cladding catastrophically failed a government test. The material should have resisted flames for 40 minutes. It lasted less than 9. At its hottest recorded point, the ...

Although glass is known for being fully recyclable, the US Environmental Protection Agency states that only about one third of post-consumer glass actually gets recycled. A new glass-based building ...

Research since the Grenfell Tower tragedy, which killed 72 people in a London high-rise fire in June 2017, has failed to settle all the questions about building cladding and fire safety in the UK.

Aluminum composite panels cladding London’s Grenfell Tower were the main reason for the 23-story residential block becoming totally enveloped in flames in under three hours after a refrigerator caught ...

Once a pub, the Royal Pier Hotel in Clevedon closed in 2001 and the vacant grade II listed building was badly damaged by a ...

LONDON – The official cause may not be known for months. The death toll is unclear — and rising. No one has said exactly where the fire started. But experts suspect recent renovations at the Grenfell ...

Concerns had been raised about the fire risk of cladding as far back as 2000 in a parliamentary report, it has emerged. The Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee launched an inquiry ...

Families who fled from a burning tower block in the early hours of this morning have spoken of their fury after Grenfell Tower-style cladding had not been removed from the building. Some 40 fire ...