Valencia fire: Grenfell-style cladding fear after blaze - BBC News

Construction pictures suggest the cladding used on the building may be of a type now banned in the UK.

1 day agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsGrenfell Tower fireImage caption, People affected by the Grenfell Tower fire visit the site of the Valencia blazeBy Tom SymondsBBC NewsFamilies bereaved by the Grenfell Tower fire have laid flowers at the building in Valencia that was destroyed in last week's fatal blaze.

Meeting emergency responders, they said there were direct parallels between the 2017 disaster in London and the fire in Spain, in which 10 people died.

Construction pictures suggest the cladding used on the building may be of a type now banned in the UK.

The manufacturer Alucoil has been contacted for a response.

Three people affected by the Grenfell fire travelled to Valencia to show solidarity to those who died, along with two people who were impacted by a fire at apartments in Milan in 2021.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68415802

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