Sprinklers don't make much difference in small residential properties where evacuation times are very quick and the number of residents very small. But it's a completely different story in high-rise buildings where sprinklers help to contain fires, allowing more time to escape and protect the exit routes.
It's usually a lack of working smoke detectors or blocked exits which cost lives in house fires.
I'd be careful with that line of reasoning. There will be attempts to shift the blame to victims, as there always is after major disasters - look at Hillsborough for the classic case.
She reminds me of the twats who claim to be amazing at presenting on The Apprentice, then stumble over their words when they get given the chance. For 6 weeks, she's been banging on about being strong and stable, but every time the opportunity arises to show it, she's conspicuous by her absence.
Two days?
If ever a situation calls to just drop the script and talk like an actual human being with compassion, this is surely it.
As far as I understand it, the 'stay in your flat' policy is primarily to allow room for firefighters to get to the blaze - otherwise they would be trying to go up the stairs, while hundreds of residents come down.
That ship sailed a long time ago, but fair enough.
Yeah since her start in politics May has always been a detestable person.
She was he one who chose to have the election and in the same month as Brexit negotiations. Yes, I have some sympathy with her for the rest but the political instability we're in now is her own doing.
No doubt a tough week, but the hammering she's taken has largely been her own doing. On the terrorist attacks, she seemed to handle that fine. The rest of it, she has contributed to it by either poor timing or sheer incompetence.
