Thousands of residents are set to be evacuated from potentially dangerous tower blocks after “combustible cladding” was found encasing at least 11 buildings across the country.
Tenants may have to wait a week to find out whether they are at risk of a fire like the one that swept through Grenfell Tower on June 14, as councils scrambled to test all 600 high-rises with cladding in England.
A cladding fire in France shows how quickly flames can spread
The government is examining 100 tower blocks a day, looking for panels of the aluminium composite cladding suspected of spreading the fire that is presumed to have killed 79 people. Theresa May has said that no one would be forced to live in a dangerous block. A No 10 spokeswoman emphasised that the 11 blocks in London, Manchester
