Hundreds of households to be evacuated in wake of London tower fire

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London Police say manslaughter charges are among moves being considered over the Grenfell Tower fire that killed at least 79 people.

Police are looking at all parts of the cladding system and its installation, McCormack said. They have already seized material from a number of undisclosed organisations.

But she added: "I think it's the right thing to do if it's health and safety".

She said the decision was taken after a joint safety inspection by London Fire Brigade and the council.

About 600 tower blocks identified as being clad in plastic materials are being tested and those found to have flammable cladding or insulation may have to be evacuated and the material removed.

"We will identify and investigate any criminal offence and, of course, given the deaths of so many people, we are considering manslaughter, as well as criminal offences and breaches of legislation and regulations", Detective Superintendent Fiona McCormack said on June 23. "The initial tests on equivalent aluminum composite tiles failed the safety tests".

"The government has ordered an immediate examination of the unit by technical experts to establish the cause of the incident,"he the UK's Department for Business said in a statement".

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May said Friday that "she will work with and support the emergency services and relevant authorities to safeguard the public".

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"Preliminary tests show the insulation samples collected from Grenfell Tower combusted soon after the test started", she said. Some councils have begun removing the panels.

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McCormack said all "complete bodies" had been removed from the burnt-out tower and there was "a awful reality that we may not find or identify everyone who died due to the intense heat".

"It was farcical communication".

Residents will be forced to find "temporary accommodation" until the situation is sorted out.

Chalcots resident Shirley Philips said: "I think it's absolutely disgusting".

She added: "We anticipate that these works will be completed within three to four weeks. (It is) sharing the information with local councils".

It was the major reaction after London Metropolitan Police said cladding and insulation material used in Grenfell Tower had failed fire safety checks.

"We anticipate that these works will be completed within three to four weeks".

The work included external thermal rain screen cladding to five towers, new aluminium thermally broken windows to five towers and overhaul of external roofs It added that 711 flats were modernised with new wiring, heating, kitchens and bathrooms. Investigators of the fire have conducted tests that support such an argument.

Derek Myers, who was the chief executive of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in 2013, when the Grenfell Tower underwent renovation, also resigned from the board.

"We live locally and have been impacted by the events of Grenfell", she said.

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