Sixty buildings fail British safety tests, fuelling fire fears
Insurance body says it had warned officials of risks posed by cladding material
London
THE fallout from London's devastating tower block blaze continued on Sunday with the government announcing 60 high-rises have failed safety tests, as an insurance body said they had warned officials of the fire risks.
The massive operation to test tower blocks follows the Grenfell Tower inferno earlier this month that is presumed to have killed 79 people after it spread at shocking speed.
Suspicion has fallen on the cladding installed on the outside of Grenfell …
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