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Yeah Sure WhatEVs6/14/2017 10:30:27 am PDT

They are looking at the exterior cladding as the conduit to why it went up so quickly.

news.sky.com

Key pieces of the article:

Fire safety experts say Grenfell Tower’s exterior will be the main focus for investigators examining the rapid spread of the blaze, called “unprecedented” by London’s fire commissioner.

While no cause of the blaze has officially been determined, witnesses have described how flames lapped up and around the 24-storey tower block at alarming speed with one saying it took just 15 minutes for the fire to climb 17 floors.

Others said recently erected cladding, which experts say is attached to the outside of a building to help with weather-proofing and improve its look, was falling to the ground in flames.

The specification of the new (£8.6m) exterior, usually a coating or covering, is not known … One local, Mohamed Bouya, who witnessed the fire take hold, told Sky News: “They’ve refurbished it with loads of plastic, loads of these plastic boards going down the sides of the thing to make the building look nice.”

Design specifications seen by the Press Association suggest the renovation work carried out at Grenfell Tower included a 50mm “ventilated cavity” next to 150mm of Celotex FR5000 insulation.

This insulation, according to Celotex, has a Class 0 rating under UK building regulations, meaning it has the highest rating for preventing the spread of flames and prevents the spread of heat.

Construction firm Rydon, which carried out the refurbishment of the tower, said in a statement that its work “met all required building control, fire regulation, and health and safety standards”.