The same type of cladding as used on the walls of Grenfell Tower has failed to obtain the fire safety rating it was certified and marketed as having, in a new, privately commissioned test. Grenfell ...

Sparked by an electrical fault, the flames reached the top floor in just 15 minutes, predominantly because of the tower’s external aluminium cladding panels with a highly flammable polyethylene core.

Following the deadly June 14 London Grenfell Tower fire that has killed at least 79 people, a nationwide investigation determined that dozens of U.K. high-rise buildings are potentially unsafe. On ...

Panels made of Reynobond composite material with a polyethylene core that were used in London’s Grenfell Tower apartment building where a fire ripped across its outer walls and killed at least 80 ...

A multi-billion pound firm which made flammable cladding for grenfell tower delayed approving a safer version to save money, a senior judge has said. US construction giant Arconic supplied ...

UPDATE: Screams alerted residents of a Dubai high-rise that it once again had caught on fire, sending them fleeing as burning debris dripped from the building, according to news reports. Unlike scores ...

A fire expert has told a hearing into the UK's deadly Grenfell tower blaze that its cladding's polyethylene core had a similar heat of combustion to petrol. Cladding panels on London's Grenfell Tower ...

The final report of the Grenfell Inquiry has highlighted the fact that millions of homes and offices around the world could be encased in combustible cladding and insulation panels. Lucy Barnard looks ...