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World|life|June 24, 2017 / 09:31 AM
Camden flats: Hundreds of homes evacuated over fire risk fears

AKIPRESS.COM - More than 800 homes in tower blocks on a council estate in Camden, north London, have been evacuated because of fire safety concerns, BBCreports.

Camden Council says people in five towers on the Chalcots estate were moved for "urgent fire safety works".

The council said it was booking hotels but 100 residents are spending the night on air beds in a leisure centre.

The estate's cladding is similar to Grenfell Tower in west London, where there was a deadly fire this month.

Camden Council said it will remove external thermal cladding from five tower blocks on the Chalcots estate.

It also said there were concerns about the insulation of gas pipes going into flats, and fire doors.

The council initially announced the evacuation of one tower block, Taplow, but later extended the move to all five tower blocks it had checked.

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