ACM panels ‘not involved’ in Ballymore block blaze

New Providence Wharf blaze Ballymore London Fire Brigade

Developer claims Grenfell-style combustible cladding played no part in major fire at New Providence Wharf development

The developer behind a block of flats which caught fire in East London Friday has claimed that the ACM cladding on the scheme played no part in the fire.

Two residents of Ballymore’s New Providence Wharf scheme in Poplar were taken to hospital on Friday suffering from smoke inhalation with a further 38 treated at the scene after a blaze broke out affecting the eight, ninth and tenth storeys of the 19-storey block.

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