A high rise building block in Belfast may have the same outside combustible cladding as London's Grenfell Tower.
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"This is one of the largest and most complex investigations that the Metropolitan Police has ever undertaken".
The move comes as residents of thousands of tower blocks around Britain expressed concern about safety after commonly used building materials were blamed for rapidly spreading the blaze at Grenfell Tower.
While the new information provides details about the fire's source, McCormack said investigators are working to determine why the blaze spread so quickly and with such tragic effects.
"Preliminary tests show the insulation samples collected from Grenfell Tower combusted soon after the test started", McCormack told journalists gathered outside Scotland Yard.
On Thursday, the United Kingdom government revealed that at least 11 tower blocks across England had been clad with a combustible material similar to that at Grenfell Tower.
Yesterday, Camden Council announced that it would "immediately" prepare to remove the cladding from five tower blocks on Chalcots Estate, which were refurbished by HTA Design, following tests that did not satisfy its fire safety concerns.
Nine of those who died in the 14 June have been formally identified so far.
'Given the deaths of so many people we are considering manslaughter as well as criminal offences and breaches of legislation and regulations, ' she said.
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The Government has annouced a team of experts will examine the Hotpoint fridge freezer, model FF175BP, which police today confirmed caused the fire.
McCormack said police were not just investigating the type of material but also how it was installed.
No other tower block in the city required action to be taken, it said.
Police have searched the tower from top to bottom but she said a forensics test might not completed until next year.
When speaking about the 79 people dead or missing, presumed dead, McCormack said: "I fear that there are more".
"We are looking at every criminal offence from manslaughter onwards".
"However, we have made a decision to test the material to provide additional reassurance for our residents".
"What we are being told at the moment by the Building Research Establishment is that the cladding and insulation failed all safety tests".
One of those buildings, Durham House - which is made up of one and two bedroom flats on Durham Street - has been found to have similar cladding to that on Grenfell Tower.
In addition to to the faulty appliance, cladding on the outside of the building and insulation failed tests.
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