fire covered in the same cladding as Grenfell Tower.They reportedly shouted, "help, open the door" after the blaze broke out on the eighth floor of the tower in Poplar, east London, on Friday.More than 120 firefighters tackled the fire, which started at around 9am and left more than 40 people in need of treatment.The blaze, which was eventually brought under control at around 11.30am, ripped through the 19-storey New Providence Wharf development, near Canary Wharf.The apartment block is covered in aluminium composite material (ACM), the same highly combustible cladding as Grenfell Tower where a fire killed 72 people in 2018.Approximately 22% of the building's facade features the cladding panels, which were found to be a key factor in the.
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