Incendio Valencia

Italian courts will decide today which of the 18 defendants in Milan cladding fire can be charged. After only three years. Meanwhile here in the UK, 72 killed and we still wait... Solidarity @INCENDIOdeiMoro @aproicam @incendiovlc – at Brent, London

We don't want State funded PR and marketing and comms company controlling news agenda. We want justice. When the government funds a comms company to control comms for victims of a National scandal and tragedy due to State and Corporate negligence should that "news" be trusted? @itvlondon @itvnews @AysheaBuksh @RagsMartel @BBCLondonNews @BBCNews @luhc @RBKC – at Kensington, London

We met a lot of victims of the Valencia fire. They are in the same state of shock as Grenfell victims were days after the fire. The same disbelief. The same worry and the same what ifs. The area still smells of burning and plastic smell. The gutted out building stands as a gruesome reminder. The community is shocked and wondering about all the other buildings. The victims told us they are going back to work but dreading having to repeat their story and trauma. For some, their tools of the trade gone. We met a tennis player who has no means of income now his rackets are gone. We met a woman who shared pictures of her charred remains. All so familiar, remnants that mean so much. We met a couple who have lost all their savings. We heard from one how every interview she gave raising questions about the firebrigade stay put advice, is not being published anywhere. We spent many hours sharing with them and between ourselves. It was powerful and useful. That is solidarity. Together with the victims from the Milan fire we achieved much. No one who claims "ally ship" should have a problem with that. @INCENDIOdeiMoro – at London, England

It's remarkable that The Sun reported the Valencia fire with more commitment than any of the trade or quality press and TV in the UK despite the fact that Grenfell is the yardstick for this challenge of cladding fires now facing so many countries? Is it because it's too big to fail? So gargantuan that there's a concerted effort to bury or minimise it? Journalists are supposed to report, join the dots, investigate though, no? Or is it press "by order of the State" these days? Our Grenfell tragedy was crawling with PR & "advisors" getting paid big money to "advise". There's a looming crisis across Europe and further afield, and it shan't go away by burying heads in the sand or minimising. Put them side by side @INCENDIOdeiMoro in Milan, Campanara in Spain, Grenfell in London, a private hospital in Tehran. And that's just the known ones. – at Kensington, London

Peeps issue in Valencia fire levante-emv.com/comunitat-va… – at Kensington, London

In view of the, Valencia cladding fire and the Milan @INCENDIOdeiMoro what we have is a global problem that is just too big. These buildings are all over the world. The cladding is still being sold, and there are no remediation plans or discussions anywhere else. Only by addressing it globally can the manufacturers be forced to pay. Agreements and slaps on the wrist generally don't work for multinational conglomerates. Besides there's now a vibrant industry and huge profits being made by all those tasked with dealing with the problem. A lucrative return for insurers, fire engineers et al. @luhc @michaelgove – at Kensington, London

This cladding fire in Madrid in 2020 is interesting for several reasons: 1) same cladding product as that used on the Milan Tower @INCENDIOdeiMoro and the Valencia Campanara fire 2) the equipment and the rapid work of the Madrid fire brigade putting the LFB and its failings to shame @LondonFire @fbunational 3) the need for a global ban on these products, a standard testing and classification system, and the manufacturers paying for remediation costs of existing buildings. Until then more buildings will burn. More people will die. @luhc @CommonsLUHC @michaelgove