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Grenfell Tower fire – Refrigerator

Summary

A faulty refrigerator was the cause of the deadly Grenfell Tower fire in London . The fire occurred on June 14, 2017 and lasted for 60 hours, killing 72 people . The incident sparked safety concerns and evacuations in other high-rise buildings . The tragedy sent shock waves through the country and highlighted the dangers of appliance faults . The government launched an investigation into the specific model of the Hotpoint fridge that caused the fire . Residents had previously warned about fire safety risks in the building .

Metadata

Time range: Jun 14, 2017 – Aug 24, 2017
Subjects: Fire, Regeneration, Safety concerns, Hotpoint fridge, Electrical faults
Locations: Grenfell Tower, North Kensington, West London

Timeline

Start

Jun 14, 2017

More than 200 firefighters respond to the Grenfell Tower fire.

Jun 15, 2017

The scorched facade of Grenfell Tower after a massive fire raced through the 24-storey high-rise apartment building, killing 72 people.

Jun 21, 2017

London Fire Service highlights the dangers of faulty appliances, specifically fridge freezers.

Jun 23, 2017

Authorities evacuate hundreds of households in London due to safety concerns following the Grenfell Tower fire.

Jun 24, 2017

Aalya Moses hears frantic knocking from her neighbor, Behailu Kebede, whose refrigerator had caught fire.

Aug 01, 2017

The legacy of the Grenfell Tower fire sends shock waves through the insurance sector.

Aug 17, 2017

The government launches an investigation into the Hotpoint fridge that caused the Grenfell Tower fire.

Apr 24, 2024

A faulty refrigerator explodes in a London apartment complex, killing 70 people.

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Top Websites

[1] Grenfell Tower fire - Wikipedia

On 14 June 2017, a high-rise fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in North Kensington, West London, at 00:54 BST and burned for 60 hours. Seventy people died at the scene, and two people died later in hospital, with more than 70 injured and 223 escaping. It was the deadliest structural fire in the United Kingdom since the 1988 Piper Alpha oil-platform disaster and the ...

[2] 'Grenfell Changes Everything': Hundreds Of Homes Evacuated Over ... - NPR

Camden's local council decided to evacuate the hundreds of households due to safety concerns following the devastating fire that killed 79 people in Grenfell Tower. Authorities in London evacuated ...

[3] The Enduring Shame of London's Grenfell Tower Fire - Bloomberg

August 17, 2017 at 4:40 AM PDT. By the time the sun rose, Grenfell Tower was already a blackened shell. The fire had begun as the city slept on June 14, when a faulty refrigerator exploded in a ...

[4] Analysis: The legacy of Grenfell Tower - Insurance Post

It has been over a month since fire swept up the 24-storey Grenfell Tower building in west London, killing around 80 people and devastating the lives of the 225 survivors. The tragedy sent shock waves through the country, not least in the insurance sector. Protector Forsikring, the carrier behind property owner Kensington and Chelsea borough ...

[5] Escaping the Inferno - The New York Times

grenfell tower Aalya Moses was having trouble sleeping just before 1 a.m., when she heard frantic knocking. Her neighbor, Behailu Kebede, said his refrigerator had caught fire.

[6] Smothered by regeneration: the Grenfell Tower fire | libcom.org

Tenants at Grenfell Tower repeatedly warned the council and its management organisation about fire safety risks before a deadly blaze engulfed the 24-storey residential tower block. Submitted by libcom on June 14, 2017. £10m of external cladding had been fitted to the tower block last year as part of a regeneration scheme for the estate.

[7] Government launches investigation into Hotpoint fridge that caused ...

Government launches immediate investigation into model of Hotpoint fridge-freezer which started Grenfell Tower blaze. Some 64,000 units of the model were manufactured by Indesit under the Hotpoint ...

[8] Dangerous electrical faults were historically ignored at Glenfell Tower ...

The Grenfell Tower fire is thought to have been started by a fridge catching fire. You may well wonder how on earth that could happen. Fridges are notoriously extremely flammable and give off toxic fumes when they burn. Many house fires start with appliance faults, especially fridge freezers. It’s possible the fridge was faulty, of course. London Fire Service have highlighted the dangers of ...

[9] Faulty fridge sparked London fire that killed 79 ... - ABC News

The scorched facade of the Grenfell Tower in London, June 15, 2017, after a massive fire raced through the 24-storey high-rise apartment building in west London early Wednesday. Firefighters are ...

[10] How the tragedy unfolded at Grenfell Tower - BBC News

Seventy-two people died after a huge fire engulfed Grenfell Tower, a west London residential tower block, in the early hours of Wednesday, 14 June 2017. What happened? More than 200 firefighters ...

More Websites

Man who lived in the flat where the Grenfell Tower fire started 'packed ...

THE man living in the flat where the Grenfell Tower inferno started packed a bag of belongings then raised the alarm with neighbours, a resident has claimed. Authorities say it’s too early to…

What we know about how the Grenfell Tower fire spread

By 1.46am, the fire had spread to both sides of the block, the flames wrapping themselves around the building via the cladding panels. Similar panels have been installed on hundreds of other ...

Is your fridge a fire hazard? - The Telegraph

It is too early to tell exactly how the Grenfell Tower fire was started – but one of the theories that's been aired over the past 24 hours is that the flames can be traced back to a household ...

Grenfell Tower: A timeline of one of Britain's worst tragedies

12.54 am on 14 June, 2017. London Fire Brigade respond to calls of a huge fire at the 24-storey Grenfell Tower in north Kensington. The first crews were on site within six minutes as firefighters ...

Grenfell Tower: What happened - BBC News

Grenfell Tower had a 'stay put' fire policy - essentially, the building design would contain a fire in a single flat for as long as it took fire crews to bring it under control.

The Report: Kingspan and the Grenfell Tower Inquiry

Grenfell fire seen just before 5am on June 14, 2017, from Putney Hill in London. Photo by Cbakerbrian, CC-BY SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Photo by Cbakerbrian, CC-BY SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Between November 2020 and March 2021, eight Kingspan managers were called to testify and produce documents in the U.K. Government’s ongoing Grenfell Tower Inquiry.

How Appliances Catch Fire - Consumer Reports

June 24, 2017. A Hotpoint refrigerator is the suspected cause of what the New York Times is calling Britain's deadliest fire in a century, the Grenfell Tower fire in London, which killed at least ...

Grenfell Tower fire: Death toll set to rise as desperate search for ...

Grenfell Tower fire: Death toll set to rise as desperate search for survivors continues Twelve residents confirmed dead after horror blaze decimates west London high-rise Thursday 15 June 2017 10: ...

Grenfell Tower fire: Inquiry 'can and will provide answers' - BBC

The fire started in a fridge freezer and spread quickly through the 24-storey tower block in North Kensington, in the early hours of 14 June. In August it was announced that the actions of ...

Hotpoint FF175BP: Fridge identified as source of Grenfell Tower fire

A Hotpoint refrigerator has been identified as the source of last week's deadly Grenfell Tower fire in London, prompting Whirlpool to ask people who own the same model to contact the company. The ...

Grenfell Tower: What happened - BBC News

Grenfell Tower: What happened. 16 June 2017. Updated 29 October 2019. The fire which destroyed Grenfell Tower in June 2017 was one of the UK's worst modern disasters. Just before 01:00 on 14 June ...

The chronicle of a tragedy foretold: Grenfell Tower

Grenfell Tower fire - latest updates. Jamie Doward . Sat 17 Jun 2017 16.30 EDT Last modified on Fri 1 Dec 2017 22.09 EST. Share. The residents of Grenfell Tower were alarmed to discover smoke ...

Yes, the Grenfell Tower fire is political - The Conversation

Yes, the Grenfell Tower fire is political – it’s a failure of many governments Published: June 16, 2017 12:36pm EDT Duncan Bowie , University of Westminster

Man whose 'faulty fridge started Grenfell Tower inferno

Advertisement. This is the mini-cab driver whose faulty fridge is alleged to have started the Grenfell Tower inferno. Behailu Kebede, a father of one, raised the alarm after flames took hold in ...

Death toll to rise after Grenfell Tower fire | News | Al Jazeera

15 Jun 2017. The death toll from a tower block fire in West London is expected to rise as rescue workers continue to tackle the blaze a day after it started. At least 12 people died and more than ...

Consumers told to stop buying 'fire-risk' fridges - BBC News

Grenfell Tower fire began in fridge-freezer. Published. 23 June 2017. Top Stories. NYC campus extends remote classes amid Gaza protests. Published. 43 minutes ago. Burying Trump stories was ...

London fire: Exploding refrigerator might have caused Grenfell Tower ...

The explosion of a refrigerator in a fourth-floor apartment at Grenfell Tower in London’s North Kensington may have ignited the catastrophic fire, reports The Times of India. An eyewitness Safiyah Wallden said a resident was telling people that his fridge had exploded, causing a fire in his apartment. When Wallden first saw the fire around 1 ...

What started the Grenfell Tower blaze? Five possible causes

Five possible causes. Rumours of a faulty fridge, a gas explosion and faulty wiring have been circulating in the aftermath. A little over 12 hours since Grenfell Tower in west London caught fire ...

London’s Grenfell Tower fire that killed 79 fire caused by refrigerator ...

The Grenfell Tower fire, which killed 79 people, started in a refrigerator. Leon Neal/Getty Images The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has declared the fire a major incident as more than 200 ...

Department responds to police identification of Hotpoint fridge freezer ...

Following the Metropolitan Police Service’s statement that a Hotpoint FF175BP fridge freezer has been identified as the initial source of the Grenfell Tower fire, the government has ordered an ...

What went wrong at Grenfell Tower? The search for answers begins

Referring to Grenfell Tower, Angus Law, of the BRE Centre for Fire Safety Engineering at Edinburgh University, said: “Early media reports suggest that this event has similarities with other ...

Grenfell Tower Fire: Police say blaze started in a refrigerator

London's Metropolitan Police say the deadly Grenfell Tower fire that killed at least 79 people started in a refrigerator and freezer, the BBC reported on Friday. Police confirmed that the fire was ...

Safety checks following the Grenfell Tower fire: 22 June 2017

Details. Melanie Dawes CB, Permanent Secretary for the Department for Communities and Local Government, has written to local authority and housing association chief executives on continued safety ...

Grenfell Tower fire: More high-rises fail fire safety tests - BBC

Cladding panels have been removed at tower blocks around the country. The blaze, which started in a fridge-freezer, destroyed 151 homes in the north Kensington block and in the surrounding area of ...

Grenfell Tower: Fridge-Caused Fire Could Happen in the U.S. - Fortune

The Grenfell Tower fire was caused by a Hotpoint Fridge Freezer model FF175BP and claimed 79 victims. It could happen in America.

What we know and what we do not know about the Grenfell Tower fire

Questions over block’s construction, refurbishment and maintenance. The disaster at Grenfell Tower in west London is the worst tower block fire the UK has witnessed, having claimed 30 lives so far.

Grenfell Tower Fire – Gulf Fire

Grenfell Tower was built in 1974 by Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council. An GBP £8.6m refurbishment – which was part of a wider transformation of the surrounding estate was completed in May 2016. Work included new exterior cladding, replacement windows and a communal heating system. The firefighting heroes of Grenfell Tower

The Grenfell Tower fire – DW – 09/12/2017

On June 14, 2017, the 24-storey Grenfell Tower apartment building in West London went up in flames. Hundreds of people were left homeless, dozens were injured and at least 80 killed.

UK orders investigation into Hotpoint fridge behind Grenfell fire ...

The British government has ordered an examination into the fridge-freezer that police say was responsible for the London tower fire. Earlier today, Metropolitan identified a Hotpoint fridge ...

Grenfell Tower fire that killed 79 started in refrigerator - USA TODAY

USA TODAY. LONDON — British police on Friday confirmed the horrific blaze at Grenfell Tower that killed 79 people was started by a refrigerator fire, and said exterior cladding attached to the ...

Grenfell Tower Fire Victims : r/MorbidReality - Reddit

A residents' organisation, Grenfell Action Group (GAG), published a blog in which it highlighted major safety problems. In 2013, the group published a 2012 fire risk assessment done by a TMO Health and Safety Officer that revealed significant safety violations. Firefighting equipment at the tower had not been checked for up to four years; on ...

Grenfell Tower fire cause: faulty fridge freezer sparked blaze and ...

The full extent of failings behind the Grenfell Tower inferno was laid bare today as police revealed that a fire started by a faulty fridge-freezer ignited cladding and insulation that have not ...

Devastated cab driver whose 'faulty fridge started Grenfell Tower fire ...

The devastated mini-cab driver whose faulty fridge allegedly started the Grenfell Tower fire is said to still be ‘in shock’. Behailu Kebede raised the alarm by knocking on neighbours doors ...

Lack of equipment 'hampered Grenfell rescue effort' | Grenfell Tower ...

The document reportedly states that the aerial ladder was not dispatched until 1.19am, 24 minutes after the first crews were sent to fight the fridge fire that started the blaze. Although the ...

Deadly Grenfell Tower blaze because of faulty fridge

23 Jun 2017. A fire that engulfed a London tower block, killing at least 79 people earlier this month started in a fridge-freezer, London police said, adding that cladding on the building failed ...

Grenfell Tower - GOV.UK

Department responds to police identification of Hotpoint fridge freezer involved in Grenfell Tower fire. 23 June 2017 Press release Product recall. 23 June 2017 News story Government and utility ...

Grenfell Tower fire – a tragic case study in health inequalities - Nature

On 12 June 2017 a fire started by a faulty fridge freezer in a fourth floor flat in Grenfell Tower, a 24-storey tower block in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea turned into an inferno in ...

What caused the Grenfell Tower fire: all the theories : r/europe - Reddit

What caused the Grenfell Tower fire: all the theories . The cause of the horrific blaze at Grenfell Tower in west London has yet to be established – but several theories have begun to emerge over what may have caused it. On Friday morning, the official death toll stood at 17 – but this is likely to rise as recovery teams continue their search of the tower's smouldering wreckage. As the ...

Learning from Grenfell Tower - World-Architects

First, the 14 June 2017 Grenfell Tower fire was a tragic loss of at least 80 lives, residents from some of the 24-story tower’s 129 apartments. Second, the fire was an avoidable tragedy; although started by a faulty refrigerator, the fire’s rapid spread has been attributed in great part to the building’s recently renovated exterior cladding.

Do YOU have the same fridge freezer that sparked Grenfell Tower blaze?

THE GRENFELL TOWER fire in London was caused by a Hotpoint Fridge Freezer, police have confirmed. Concerned customers with the same or similar products should follow Whirlpool official advice.

How the Grenfell Tower disaster unfolded | Grenfell Tower fire | The ...

B y the time Mahad Egal and his family, including two small children, escaped from their fourth floor flat in Grenfell Tower, it was just before 1am. “We were one of the first 10 families who ...

Grenfell Tower disaster: how did the fire spread so quickly?

In the middle of the night, while most residents were sleeping, a devastating fire started at Grenfell Tower in London. The emergency response was rapid and robust: more than 200 firefighters ...

Grenfell Tower Fire Started by Faulty Fridge - Business Insider

LONDON — The Grenfell Tower fire was started by a faulty Hotpoint fridge, according to the Metropolitan Police. In a statement on Friday, Scotland Yard's Detective Superintendent Fiona McCormack ...

Grenfell Tower fire started by faulty Hotpoint fridge-freezer

The Grenfell Tower Fire was started by a Hotpoint fridge-freezer before spreading to the building’s “combustible” cladding, investigators have found.. Metropolitan Police detective ...

How tragedy swept through Grenfell Tower when a dodgy fridge turned ...

London fire – Grenfell Tower inferno death toll rises to 12 with fears for dozens more as relatives desperately hunt for missing loved ones – as deadly blaze STILL burns. Grenfell Tower ...

What caused the Grenfell Tower fire: all the theories - The Telegraph

Those missing from the Grenfell Tower blaze. Mr Fieldhouse said reports that the Lakanal fire was made worse by cladding being put up on the outside of the building may be the case at Grenfell ...

Grenfell Tower: insulation was not certified for use with flammable ...

Grenfell Tower fire survivor, 12, treated for cyanide poisoning . Read more. It emerged on Wednesday that Luana Gomes, 12, who survived the tower inferno in north Kensington, London, on 14 June ...

Grenfell Tower: How Deregulation, Privatization, And Bad Design Led To ...

The cause of the June 14 fire that burned down Grenfell Tower, a 24-story public housing building in West London, has been determined: it began in a refrigerator-freezer in one of the apartments ...

Grenfell's tragedy is a worldwide truth: fire is an inequality issue

The Grenfell Tower disaster brought into shocking focus what my study of home fire locations identified: we need to break the link between fire and deprivation Tue 11 Jul 2017 05.05 EDT Last ...

Products at Center of London Fire Faced Tougher Rules in U.S.

On Monday, Arconic, the American company once known as Alcoa that sold combustible material used at Grenfell Tower, the London housing project that was the site of the fire, said it would no ...

Man 'beside himself' as he tells Grenfell Tower residents faulty fridge ...

One witness said a man was 'beside himself' after telling other residents of fire-ravaged Grenfell Tower that his faulty fridge sparked the blaze US Edition US Edition UK Edition Irish Mirror

Grenfell firefighters 'hampered by equipment' - BBC News

BBC Newsnight investigates. A series of failings that hampered the efforts of firefighters to tackle the Grenfell Tower fire and rescue the building's residents have been identified by a BBC ...

Grenfell Tower fire cause: Hotpoint launches urgent investigation ...

Hotpoint has launched an urgent investigation after police confirmed a faulty fridge sparked the Grenfell Tower blaze which left at least 79 people feared dead.

Grenfell Tower fire: MP says public must be told to stop using Hotpoint ...

The fridge-freezer model that was the initial cause of the Grenfell Tower fire was manufactured between March 2006 and July 2009 and had not previously been recalled. Tests will be carried out to ...

Grenfell Tower blaze started in Hotpoint fridge-freezer, say police

Hotpoint is asking people with the fridge freezer model numbers FF175BP and FF175BG to call an emergency number: 0800 316 3826.. Checks on tower blocks across the country have revealed at least 14 ...

Grenfell Tower: the cladding, the contractors and the chain of confusion

The Grenfell disaster raised memories of a tower block fire in Irvine, Scotland, in 1999 that was also widely blamed on flammable cladding. Mr Evans and Mr Ford were two Fire Brigades Union ...

Grenfell Tower: Fire started in Hotpoint fridge-freezer, say police - BBC

PA. The Grenfell Tower fire in London started in a fridge-freezer, and outside cladding and insulation failed safety tests, police say. The Metropolitan Police say manslaughter, health and safety ...

Grenfell Tower fire: Police considering manslaughter charges

Burning debris falls from Grenfell Tower as a massive fire engulfs the London apartment building early on June 14, 2017. Seventy-two people are confirmed to have died in the fire.

Electricity problems at Grenfell Tower 'never resolved' - BBC

Police say the Grenfell Tower fire started in a fridge-freezer. He added, "I think it clearly concerns anyone that if you hear that there are 20 appliances in one day, there is something that is ...

Hotpoint warns customers to check fridge-freezers after Grenfell Tower ...

June 23 2017, 3:51 pm. Thousands of people have been urged to contact Hotpoint after police revealed the Grenfell Tower fire started in a faulty fridge-freezer manufactured by the company ...

Grenfell Tower fire: Six-month-old baby found dead in mother's arms in ...

Coroner's officer Eric Sword said she was “found in her mother's arms”. Leena and her eight-year-old sister Malak Belkadi both died from inhalation of fire fumes, the court was told.

Grenfell Tower fire did start with a faulty fridge, Met Police confirm ...

Smoke billows from a fire that has engulfed the 27-storey Grenfell Tower in west London (Picture: PA) Grenfell Tower insulation and tiles failed all safety tests, police have confirmed.

Grenfell Tower fire: Urgent safety reviews take place at hundreds of ...

The cladding believed to have been used on Grenfell Tower is banned in the US it has emerged, amid revelations that it would have cost just an extra £5,000 for the contractors to apply a fire ...

Why Grenfell Tower Burned: Regulators Put Cost Before Safety

A neighbor was frantically alerting others on the fourth floor of Grenfell Tower about a fire in his apartment. “My fridge blew up,” the man shouted. Residents of Grenfell Tower had complained ...

A Refrigerator Started The London Fire, Police Say - HuffPost

LONDON, June 23 (Reuters) - A fire that killed at least 79 people at a London tower block started in a fridge freezer, and the outside cladding engulfed by the blaze has since been shown to fail all safety tests, London police said on Friday. Investigators said they would consider bringing manslaughter charges over the disaster and had already ...

Grenfell Tower firefighters put out fridge blaze 'and were just leaving ...

Firefighters had put out the initial fridge fire at Grenfell Tower and were leaving the building when the blaze suddenly flared up, it has emerged. Crews believed they had put out the fire at the ...

Grenfell Tower fire in London caused by a Hotpoint fridge freezer

23/06/2017. Hotpoint is telling customers to check their fridge freezers after police revealed that a Hotpoint fridge freezer was the cause of the devastating Grenfell Tower fire that killed at ...

Grenfell Tower fire caused by faulty fridge on fourth floor, reports ...

Grenfell Tower fire caused by faulty fridge on fourth floor, reports suggest . Flat owner reportedly ran to warn neighbours after discovering blaze in his kitchen. Benjamin Kentish. Friday 16 June ...

Police officer among first to respond to Grenfell fire describes horror ...

Commander Stuart Cundy, who is overseeing the operation following the fire at Grenfell Tower, said police were “still trying to fully comprehend” the human cost of the tragedy as a criminal ...

Grenfell Tower fire started in fridge freezer, criminal charges being ...

Officials said Friday that the deadly fire in London's Grenfell Tower started in a fridge freezer. (Thomas Daigle/CBC) A fire that engulfed a London apartment block, killing at least 79 people ...

Faulty Refrigerator Started Grenfell Fire in London That Killed 79 ...

A faulty refrigerator caused the fire at Grenfell Tower that killed 79 people in West London last week, London's Metropolitan Police Service said Friday. The fire, which consumed the 24-story high ...

Electricity problems at Grenfell Tower 'never resolved' - BBC

Grenfell Tower fire began in fridge-freezer; Residents' representatives expressed deep concern about electricity at the block. One document indicates that the surges caused some appliances to ...

Key questions about the Grenfell Tower fire

The “stay put” advice stems from longstanding strategies for fighting fires in “compartmentalised” high-rise buildings. It assumes that most fires can be contained behind each flat’s ...

U.S. Company Discontinues the Siding Used on the Grenfell Tower

Investigators confirmed last week that a faulty refrigerator caused the fire at Grenfell Towers. The appliance was made by Hotpoint, and the company said the fridge was not under recall, but was ...

Hotpoint tells customers to check fridge-freezers after Grenfell Tower fire

Hotpoint has urged owners of its fridge-freezers to check their model numbers for safety reasons after one was identified as the initial cause of the Grenfell Tower fire.. A spokesman said ...

Grenfell Tower fire cause REVEALED - Hotpoint fridge freezer blamed ...

THE GRENFELL Tower fire began at a Hotpoint fridge freezer - with insulation and cladding also to blame for the spread of the blaze, the Met Police have revealed. By Joey Millar 10:46, Fri, Jun 23 ...

Grenfell Tower fire: police considering manslaughter charges

First published on Fri 23 Jun 2017 05.41 EDT. Police have said they are considering manslaughter charges in relation to the deadly Grenfell Tower blaze as they revealed that the insulation and ...

Tests After Grenfell Tower Fire Show Flaws in 82 UK Towers

Fire tests prompted by the June 14 fire that caused at least 80 known deaths at London's 24-story Grenfell Tower suggest that 82 apartment blocks around the U.K. have external aluminum cladding ...

Fire horror at Grenfell Tower: 12 dead and 18 critically ill

Fire horror at Grenfell Tower: 12 dead and 18 critically ill. Emergency teams are pictured carrying bodies from the building amid reports the blaze began with an exploding fridge.

Grenfell fire: volunteers help residents compile death toll

Grenfell fire: volunteers help residents compile death toll. Frustration grows at failure of authorities to say who survived, who perished and who is still missing, 17 days on. Grenfell Tower ...

Grenfell Tower fire was started by an old Hotpoint fridge freezer - as ...

THE deadly Grenfell Tower fire that is feared to have killed at least 79 people started in a faulty Hotpoint fridge freezer, police have confirmed this morning. Investigators also said that claddin…

Grenfell Tower Fire Caused by Faulty Fridge (VIDEO)

A fridge had been one theory behind what caused the blaze before Metropolitan Police announced its findings. A resident of Grenfell Tower had been overheard telling people that his fridge started the fire. Police are still trying to determine how the June 14 blaze spread so quickly. So far, samples of cladding and insulation collected from the ...

Hotpoint fridge freezer sparked Grenfell Tower fire - The Telegraph

Hotpoint's safety record was called into question as police confirmed that it was one of its fridges that sparked the Grenfell Tower fire. A Hotpoint FF175BP model was found to have been the ...

London police say Grenfell Tower blaze was started by a refrigerator ...

London police say the fire at Grenfell Tower ... the Metropolitan Police on Friday confirmed residents’ suspicions that the June 14 inferno at Grenfell Tower was touched off by a refrigerator ...

Grenfell Tower gas pipes left exposed, despite fire safety expert's ...

Dozens of exposed gas pipes in Grenfell Tower that caused residents to fear for their safety were left bare despite a council safety expert ordering them to be protected by fire-retardant boxing.

Nearly 4,000 Residents Evacuated in London Because of Fire Hazards

All have exterior cladding and insulation similar to that used on Grenfell Tower, a London high rise where at least 79 people are known to have died in a fire last week.