Fire charges
Last November there was a major fire in east London in a disused warehouse on the 2012 Olympics site.
The BBC wanted to know more about the causes of the fire and asked the London Fire Brigade for a copy of its fire investigation report. The LFB refused to supply this unless we paid them £89, on the basis that such reports are included in their publication scheme as a document for which they charge.
The £89 report in question apparently consists of one A4 page with accompanying photographs.
However, after protests from us, they did agree
to reveal for free the information in the report which could be classed as 'environmental information'. So without any further charge, here it is:
“the roof and upper elevation were also lined in part with Asbestos Insulation Board (AIB) and polystyrene cladding”;
“it was reported by the operators that sparks from the hot metal had fallen onto some adjacent polystyrene cladding, which rapidly caught fire”;
“thick black smoke was issuing from the roof”.
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