ACM cladding blamed for Australian tower fire

By Jordan Marshall2019-02-08T06:00:00

Melbourne fire chief says there was evidence of external fire spread

ACM cladding is being blamed for a fire at a Melbourne high-rise tower block.

According to the ABC the Metropolitan Fire Brigade chief officer Dan Stephens said firefighters believed the building was clad with similar materials as Grenfell Tower.

Stephens said: “My understanding is that the building is cladded with aluminium composite materials (ACM) … so the sort of cladding that was on the Grenfell Tower.

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