Deadly London tower blaze began in Hotpoint fridge freezer, police say | Reuters
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By Michael Holden | LONDON LONDON A fire that killed at least 79 people at a London tower block started in a fridge freezer, and the outside cladding engulfed by the blaze has since been shown to fail all safety tests, London police said on Friday.Investigators said they would consider bringing manslaughter charges over the disaster and had already seized material from a number of undisclosed organisations.Detective Superintendent Fiona McCormack said experts had now concluded the fire, the mostly deadly blaze in London since World War Two, had started in a Hotpoint fridge freezer, model FF175BP, which had not been subject to any recall.The blaze has provoked anger and heaped pressure on Prime Minister Theresa May, who is fighting for her political survival after her party lost its parliamentary majority in a snap election at a time when Britain is beginning divorce talks with the European Union.The speed at which the fire engulfed t he 24-storey Grenfell Tower raised questions about the external cladding on the block.Asked if the insulation and aluminium tiles used were acceptable for such buildings, McCormack told reporters: "No they're not."All I can say at the moment is they don't pass any of the safety tests. So that will form part of what is a manslaughter investigation."Britain ordered an immediate technical examination of the Hotpoint fridge model to establish whether further action should be taken, but said there was no need for owners to switch off their appliances The post Deadly London tower blaze began in Hotpoint fridge freezer, police say
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