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Wednesday, Aug 28

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Parents rally round to save children's day nursery destroyed in Dagenham tower block blaze as fire crews say they saw cladding fall from burning building

www.dailymail.co.uk

The 'fantastic' Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery was located on the ground floor of Spectrum House on Freshwater Road in Dagenham, east London, which was destroyed in a blaze on Monday morning.

Tuesday, Aug 27

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Expert criticises buck-passing on cladding after London tower block fire

www.shropshirestar.com

The property in Dagenham was undergoing ‘remedial’ work to remove and replace ‘non-compliant cladding’.

Expert criticises buck-passing on cladding after London tower block fire

www.expressandstar.com

The property in Dagenham was undergoing ‘remedial’ work to remove and replace ‘non-compliant cladding’.

Expert criticises buck-passing on cladding after London tower block fire

www.standard.co.uk

The property in Dagenham was undergoing ‘remedial’ work to remove and replace ‘non-compliant cladding’.

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'We somehow got out' of London tower inferno

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A probe is under way into the cause of the fire, with residents calling the blaze "a horror movie".

Monday, Aug 26

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Dagenham fire: Residents flee inferno in tower block with 'Grenfell-style' cladding

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A planning application from 2023 shows the building in Dagenham, East London, was covered in “non-compliant” cladding and campaigners have demanded to know how such a fire could happen more than seven years Grenfell

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Around 70 firefighters tackle blaze at tower block in Blackwall

www.independent.co.uk

Firefighters managed to extinguish a large fire at a high-rise building in Blackwall, London, less than 24 hours after a separate blaze broke out at a block of flats in Dagenham.

Grenfell families' fury as inferno rips through London high-rise with cladding: Survivors of 2017 tragedy lash out as blaze

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Survivors of the Grenfell tragedy have lashed out after a blaze ravaged a Dagenham tower block, before a second set of flats went up in flames mere hours later.

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Dagenham tower block fire families who fled blaze reveal anger at delay in removing cladding

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London Fire Brigade were called at around 2.45am today as a fire tore through a tower block in Dagenham with "known" safety issues, as families shared their fury

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Second London tower block is ravaged by a blaze: Dozens of firefighters rush to tackle inferno at 45-storey high-rise in Blackwall - hours fire in nearby Dagenham flats sparked a major evacuation

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A second London tower block has been caught in a raging fire as dozens of firefighters rushed to tackle the inferno at the 43-storey high-rise building.

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Dozens of firefighters tackle tower block blaze in Blackwall in east London

inews.co.uk

Half of a flat and balcony on the 25th floor of the 45-storey building is alight, the London Fire Brigade said

London fire: Second tower block in capital ablaze with smoke pouring from building

www.express.co.uk

At least 70 firefighters are at the scene at New Providence Wharf, with witnesses reporting glass and cladding falling from the building.

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Smoke billows out of ANOTHER London block of flats as fire ravages tower and glass rains down from damage

A SECOND tower block in London is on fire as dozens of firefighters rushed to tackle the blaze at a 43-storey high-rise building.

Smoke billows out of ANOTHER London block of flats as fire ravages tower and glass rains down from damage

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A SECOND tower block in London is on fire as dozens of firefighters rushed to tackle the blaze at a 43-storey high-rise building.

Huge fire breaks out at east London tower block hours after Dagenham flats blaze

metro.co.uk

This is the second fire at a tower block in east London today.

Families who fled tower block blaze reveal fury at delay in removing Grenfell-style cladding - as fire chiefs probe whether alarm was properly working

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Some 40 fire engines and 225 firefighters have been battling the fire on Freshwater Road in Dagenham, east London, which saw more than 80 people evacuated in the middle of the night.

No injuries reported in fire at 45-storey tower block in Blackwall, east London

www.shropshirestar.com

The London Fire Brigade said a ‘small part’ of a flat and the ‘entirety of a balcony’ on the 25th floor of the building were destroyed in the blaze.

No injuries reported in fire at 45-storey tower block in Blackwall, east London

www.expressandstar.com

The London Fire Brigade said a ‘small part’ of a flat and the ‘entirety of a balcony’ on the 25th floor of the building were destroyed in the blaze.