‘It felt like I was going to die then and there’
A young mother who tried to flee a raging fire at her block of flats in Dagenham in east London has told Sky News the fire alarms failed to go off and that an escape route gate was padlocked.
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26 comments
Prayers for London
Well said that lady and thank god she and young-un survived
Guaranteed this was done on purpose to reclaim the land and givrit to the rich
Keir starmers London! Poor British last. Immigrant in five star hotels first ❤️
Just up the road from me, locals are doing donation collections and giving them to the families affected. Salt of the earth Dagenham folk ♥️
Fire gates locked 😮. Massive neglegence and someone needs to answer to that. Life endangerment 😮😮
Fuckin ell….😢
Not surprised firegate padlock shut
London seems to get more house and flat fires then anywhere in Uk that must be so sad for the residents that there bedrooms are destroyed by fires
Grenfell all over again. Let down by everyone involved.
If she need place stay please contact me Barry’s Rotherham
Why uk has a lot of buildings fire??
I bet the people responsible for locking that gate don't see a prison time
Aww how did the fire start?
Fire gates padlocked, fire alarms not functioning correctly?🤔😳
WTF ⚠️🤔😳😲 was nothing learnt from Grenfell?
Negligent council, somebody needs to be put in prison, in fact let's fast track them like all these 'far right thugs' get fast tracked through the justice system.😊
Prayers 🙏❤
😢 how scary.
Was this the cladding again? These buildings are supposed to keep fire contained to one flat or area. Thos is absolutely disgusting. Someone is responsible for this, and Grenfell 😡
Her baby is 😢😢
Gate being padlocked is wild
😡😡😡😭😭😭😭
Firegate should never be padlocked
Looks like that dodgy insulated paneling again?
Just wow! Absolute shocking negligence
Your living in a Stupid world love. A world, Where, with a click of a key fob, u can inadvertently lock an occupant in the car, who is unable to get out.
Padlocked fire gate…disabled fire alarms…me sense that this was much more than just a mere accident. Have two fire safety measures fail is too rare to just be coincidence.