The same flammable cladding as used on Grenfell (allegedly)Archived Message
Posted by Mary on November 16, 2019, 11:05 am
No fatalities this time.
'He (Prof George E Holmes DL, president and vice-chancellor of the university) said The Cube was not owned by the University of Bolton and that it was owned and managed by a private landlord.'
So that's OK Mr Holmes!
Bolton fire: Crews tackle huge blaze at student flats https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-50438177 Witness Ace Love, 35, said the fire "kept getting more intense, climbing up and to the right because the wind was blowing so hard".
"We could see it bubbling from the outside and then being engulfed from the outside," he added. "A lot of students got out very fast, someone was very distressed, the rest were on phones calling for help.
"The fire got worse and worse, to the point where you could see through the beams, it was just bare frame."'