Hundreds of thousands of people who live in tower blocks
should be prepared to evacuate in the event of a fire, according to a key
demand made by Sir Martin Moore-Bick, the chair of the Grenfell Tower public
inquiry. In what fire safety experts said would be a significant change to the
default advice for most tower blocks that residents should stay put, he told
ministers to develop national guidelines for total or partial evacuation of
towers and to make it illegal for owners and managers of high-rise buildings
not to draw up evacuation plans. Read more on the Guardian website.
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