Tag Archives: Grenfell Tower

BBC One’s flagship renovation programme DIY SOS is starting to build a multi-use community space and boxing club for the Grenfell community – and is calling for volunteers and donations of building supplies and interiors for the project. The new space will be available to the whole community to use …

In the wake of last month’s Grenfell Tower tragedy in London, charity Electrical Safety First (ESF) has called for regular electrical checks in tower blocks – and launched a microsite to advise consumers on white goods safety. According to Home Office statistics, last year 1,873 fires in England were caused …

Responding to police confirmation that the Grenfell Tower tragedy was caused by a faulty Hotpoint fridge freezer, the chief executive of Electrical Safety First, Phil Buckle, has commented: “While investigations continue into why this tragic fire spread so quickly, we know that fridge freezers – along with other large white …

Police have confirmed that the Grenfell Tower fire may have been started by a faulty Hotpoint fridge freezer. The blaze at the 24-storey tower block at north Kensington in London on June 14 has so far claimed 79 lives. Hotpoint’s parent company Whirlpool said in a statement: “We have just …

Commenting on the speculation on the cause of the Grenfell Tower fire in London last Wednesday, Phil Buckle, chief executive of the charity Electrical Safety First, has issued the following statement: “Firstly, on behalf of us all at Electrical Safety First, I would like to extend our deepest sympathy to …