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Fire safety fears over plans for electric bus garage under block of flats in Edgware

There have been more than 2,000 objections to the development in Edgware

Evening Standard

London Fire Brigade to halt most automatic alarm callouts from today

The capital’s firefighters hope the new approach can save them valuable time, as the vast majority of automatic alarms are not genuine fires

Evening Standard

Couple lose everything as exploding lithium battery destroys flat

The fire is believed to have been caused by the failure of a lithium battery, which Ken was using to heat a hot tub

The Independent UK

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Woman dies after huge house fire in Carshalton

Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters rushed to Pipewell Road to tackle the blaze

Evening Standard

Building regulations still need 'more teeth' post Grenfell, London fire chief warns

The blaze in Dagenham proved that regulations still need strengthening, London fire commissioner Andy Roe says

Evening Standard

South-west London schools and nurseries shut as recycling plant fire burns on

Thousands of people have been told to keep windows closed since the fire broke out in Wimbledon on Saturday

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan warns 'tragedy like Grenfell' could still 'happen again' following inquiry's report

The mayor has urged the Government to ensure none of the companies criticised in the inquiry’s report are given future public contracts

Evening Standard

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‘Decades of failure’: Who has UK’s Grenfell Tower fire inquiry blamed?

‘Unscrupulous’ companies, ‘dishonesty and greed’ and regulatory failure are at fault.

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Catford fire: 70 firefighters tackle blaze in high rise on day Grenfell report released

The London tower block fire comes on the day the Grenfell inquiry report was released

The Independent UK

Shock as BBC lorry and police car blown up close to O2 arena in London

‘Our buildings shook’ Neighbour’s fears after ‘controlled’ explosion of police car

The Independent UK

Skyscraper fire in east London was caused by smoking

A fire at a high rise building destroyed part of a flat and an entire balcony

Evening Standard

Removal of unsafe cladding from buildings ‘too slow’, says Angela Rayner

Deputy PM visited Dagenham, east London, after fire tore through block of flats undergoing remedial works

The Guardian - UK

Urgent action needed to replace cladding after Dagenham fire, Grenfell report author warns

Dame Judith Hackitt criticises ‘buck passing’ for slow progress on repairs in seven years since disaster

The Independent UK

Dagenham: Mother who fled huge blaze in block of flats says fire gate had been 'padlocked shut'

The mother-of-two described how she felt like she was going to die when she came across a fire escape that had been cut off during the blaze

Evening Standard

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Dagenham fire: 'Unsafe cladding' to form part of probe into cause of huge blaze in east London

Twenty people were rescued and more than 80 people were evacuated from the building, which had ‘known’ fire safety issues

The Guardian - UK

Questions over cladding after fire at Dagenham flats brought under control

FBU calls for urgent investigation into blaze in east London as another fire begins at tower in nearby Poplar

Evening Standard

Sydenham fire: Firefighters rescue man from burning tower block

Ten fire engines rushed to contain blaze as people urged to stay away from area

The Guardian - UK

Parts of Somerset House reopen to public after fire

Main venue remains closed but Courtauld Gallery reopens having not been affected by Saturday’s blaze

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The Independent UK

Dozens of firefighters tackle flooding in Kings Cross as hotel evacuated

Around 20 people have been evacuated while basements of several properties have been affected

Evening Standard

Hotel evacuated after burst water main sparks flooding near King's Cross

Eight fire stations and around 60 firefighters were responding to the incident on Pentonville Road

Evening Standard

Lightweight PPE for London firefighters in short supply amid 'ever-greater likelihood' of wildfires

London Assembly says ‘very concerning’ PPE still not available two years after LFB’s busiest summer since WWII

Evening Standard

Third child dies following east London house fire leaving community 'reeling from shock and horror'

Mayor of Newham Rokhsana Fiaz announced ‘with a heavy and broken heart’ that a ‘third precious child’ has died in hospital

Evening Standard

Second child dies after five taken to hospital following East Ham house fire

One child died overnight in hospital after another was pronounced dead at the scene on Napier Road on Saturday, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) said.

Evening Standard

Child dies and five people rushed to hospital after house fire in east London

Six fire engines and around 40 firefighters were called to the blaze on Napier Road in East Ham

Evening Standard

London 'well prepared' if wildfires return, fire chief says

Global warming has created ‘a clear and present risk’ of wildfires

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