ACM panels ‘not involved’ in east London flats fire

The developer behind a block of flats which caught fire in east London on Friday has claimed that the ACM cladding on the scheme played no part in the fire.

Two residents of Ballymore’s New Providence Wharf scheme in Poplar were taken to hospital on Friday suffering from smoke inhalation with a further 42 people treated at the scene after ablaze broke outaffecting the eight, ninth and tenth storeys of the 19-storey block.

这场大火是在居民们长期以来的运动之后发生的，他们要求Ballymore将新建街区上的格伦费尔式可燃ACM板替换为防火包层。这家Ango-Irish开发商的一家子公司在今年年初被政府列入了一份未能对可燃包层采取行动的房东的“姓名和耻辱”名单。

However, in a statement issue late on Friday in the wake of the fire, Ballymore said that while the cause of the fire was “yet to be determined”, “we can however confirm that the ACM cladding on the building did not combust and played no part in causing or facilitating the fire”.

该公司的声明没有解释火灾是如何从8层的一套公寓蔓延到9层和10层的，该建筑由SOM设计。该公司此前曾表示，ACM面板仅占该建筑façade的22%。

The blaze at Fairmont Avenue required 20 fire engines and around 125 firefighters to bring it under control.

伦敦消防局在一份声明中表示，这座19层大楼的8、9和10层部分起火，8层的一间公寓被大火“烧毁”，“9和10层的部分公寓也受损”。

Ballymore’s statement said the fire damage was contained to “one apartment and to two balconies of apartments above.”

尽管该楼盘的居民在社交媒体上多次报告称，在周五上午9点刚过的火灾发生时，他们没有听到火灾警报或疏散命令，但巴利莫尔还表示，“所有居民都按照大楼的消防安全协议及时撤离了大楼。””

巴利摩尔已经将受影响的居民安置在当地的酒店住宿，并表示:“我们理解今天对我们的居民来说有多么困难和痛苦，我们感谢他们表现出的耐心。”我们在当地的应急小组将继续以任何方式支持他们。”

The firm said contractors had been due to start work replacing the combustible cladding on the building this week, with enabling works having begun in the last couple of weeks.

TheLondon Fire Brigade’s statementsaid the cause of fire was under investigation. It said: “Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus have carried out multiple rescues. Two men have been taken to hospital suffering smoke inhalation. A further 38 adults and four children have been treated at the scene by London Ambulance Service crews for shock and smoke inhalation.