3000 ligl-2ise 2esifepxs evdcudxef
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.