Concerns Grow Over Tower Block Designs After Fire Tragedy

Workmen clear the debris at the base of a tower block on the Sceaux Gardens Estate in Camberwell following a fire last Friday on July 6, 2009 in London, England. Six people died including a three week old baby when the 12 storey tower block in South East London caught ablaze. The flats which were built in the 1960s are serviced by only one central staircase prompting questions over whether such buildings are safe dwellings.
Workmen clear the debris at the base of a tower block on the Sceaux Gardens Estate in Camberwell following a fire last Friday on July 6, 2009 in London, England. Six people died including a three week old baby when the 12 storey tower block in South East London caught ablaze. The flats which were built in the 1960s are serviced by only one central staircase prompting questions over whether such buildings are safe dwellings.
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Firefighters examine the burnt interior of a tower block on the Sceaux Gardens Estate in Camberwell following a fire last Friday on July 6, 2009 in London, England. Six people died including a three week old baby when the 12 storey tower block in South East London caught ablaze. The flats which were built in the 1960s are serviced by only one central staircase prompting questions over whether such buildings are safe dwellings. Workmen survey the damage to a tower block on the Sceaux Gardens Estate in Camberwell following a fire last Friday on July 6, 2009 in London, England. Six people died including a three week old baby when the 12 storey tower block in South East London caught ablaze. The flats, which were built in the 1960s, are serviced by only one central staircase prompting questions over whether such buildings are safe dwellings. Women view the floral tributes adjacent to a tower block on the Sceaux Gardens Estate in Camberwell following a fire last Friday on July 6, 2009 in London, England. Six people died including a three week old baby when the 12 storey tower block in South East London caught ablaze. The flats which were built in the 1960s are serviced by only one central staircase prompting questions over whether such buildings are safe dwellings. Floral tributes are placed adjacent to a tower block on the Sceaux Gardens Estate in Camberwell following a fire last Friday on July 6, 2009 in London, England. Six people died including a three week old baby when the 12 storey tower block in South East London caught ablaze. The flats, which were built in the 1960s, are serviced by only one central staircase prompting questions over whether such buildings are safe dwellings.
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