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By Elizabeth Hopkirk2021-06-28T08:33:00
Source: Google
Timber structure falls foul of post-Grenfell rules
Residents of Accordia in Cambridge say they are facing financial ruin after their block was declared unsafe because it incorporates timber.
One resident said rules introduced after the Grenfell fire in an attempt to protect residents of dangerous blocks of flats had “spiralled into ludicrosity”.
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