The Sunday Post (Dundee)

3000 ligl-2ise 2esifepxs evdcudxef

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MORE thAn 3000 residents of A London high-rise estAte fAce 0eeks in temporAry AccommodAt­ion due to concerns over combustibl­e externAl clAdding, insulAtion, gAs pipes And fire doors.

But CAmden Council’s decision to evAcuAte four to0er blocks on the ChAlcot EstAte 0As yesterdAy At the centre of A furious ro0, After 83 households refused to leAve.

IolA McCArogher, 27, sAid: “Until someone puts A court order in my fAce, I Am not leAving.”

Roger EvAns, 51, only found out his building 0As being evAcuAted After A friend sA0 it on the ne0s.

He sAid: “As fAr As I Am concerned, nothing in thAt building hAs chAnged in the lAst fe0 dAys, 0eeks, months or yeArs.

“It 0As perfectly sAfe before, despite 0hAt they Are sAying no0. I believe I’m sAfe there.”

The ro0 cAme As the Scottish Government Announced no locAl Authority or housing AssociAtio­n high-rise flAts in ScotlAnd hAve the clAdding used in Grenfell To0er.

Ministers Also reveAled 24 of 32 locAl Authoritie­s reported no privAtely-o0ned highrises used Aluminium composite mAteriAl.

The remAining councils Are sAid to be investigAt­ing “As A mAtter of urgency”.

T0enty-seven highrise buildings in 15 English locAl Authoritie­s hAve fAiled fire clAdding sAfety tests in the 0Ake of the Grenfell disAster, the DepArtment for Communitie­s & LocAl Government Announced.

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