Police consider manslaughter charges over deadly London tower block blaze

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Source: Reuters

British investigators said on Friday they would consider bringing manslaughter charges over the London tower block fire that killed at least 79 people.

The outside cladding engulfed by the blaze has since been shown to fail all safety tests, police said. They have already seized material from a number of undisclosed organizations.

Detective Superintendent Fiona McCormack also said experts had now concluded the fire, the mostly deadly blaze in London since World War Two, had started in a fridge freezer.

The blaze has provoked anger and heaped pressure on Prime Minister Theresa May, who is fighting for her political survival after her party lost its parliamentary majority in a snap election at a time when Britain is beginning divorce talks with the European Union.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-fire-idUSKBN19E120

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1. this is where one starts

Asked if the insulation and aluminum tiles used were acceptable for such buildings, McCormack told reporters: "No they're not."

[Skittles]

2. those pesky regulations

if repukes had their way there would be NO regulations

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3. I don't know British law, but

why isn't the city government liable for lack of oversight?