Shirley Towers fire
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The Shirley Towers Fire occurred in a tower block on 6 April 2010 in Southampton, Hampshire, England. Two firefighters were killed when a fire developed and spread from the 9th floor. The investigations and inquiries following the fire led to changes in fire safety rules nationally, particularly the regulations around electrical wiring.
Shirley towers from Church Street
Grenfell Tower fire
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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 worst UK residential fire since the German Bombings of World War II.
The fire during the early morning hours of 14 June 2017
Grenfell Tower in 2012 before the renovation
Grenfell Tower in the early morning of 14 June. The burnt cladding is visible on the outside of the building.
Grenfell fire seen at 04:51 on 14 June from Putney Hill, London