At least 12 dead after fire guts London high-rise where residents complained about safety for years

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@lava

You can be certain there was a gap - in current best practice cladding like this is installed as a “rain screen” with a gap behind it standing off from the other substrates. And yes, perfect for a chimney effect.

According to this story, there was a lack of “fire stopping” between each floor, which guarantees rapid, “chimney effect” spread once the fire starts… http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-fire-cladding-idUKKBN19538U