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Grenfell Tower cladding company rigged fire tests, ex-employee says (building style)

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https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/eu...-1.1113066

INTRO: A former employee of the company that made the highly flammable insulation for Grenfell Tower in London has admitted the fire test was rigged. Jonathan Roper, a former product manager at Celotex, told a public inquiry into the disaster that the company was dishonest and over-engineered a fire test so the cladding would meet safety standards. Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick said Mr Roper’s testimony was “very shocking” and it showed why the UK needed a much stiffer building code. Seventy-two people died when fire, fuelled by the cladding, ripped through the west London high rise shortly after midnight in June 2017... (MORE)

New video timeline shows how the Grenfell Tower fire unfolded

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/KczK1kGhp1I
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