20 years ago

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Did you know it was 20 years ago today that the fire took hold on a wooden escalator, and what have london underground and the government done to improve their radio network underground for emergency services underground aboutsley nothing see here for link http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7098306.stm

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ginger (18/11/2007)

Did you know it was 20 years ago today that the fire took hold on a wooden escalator, and what have london underground and the government done to improve their radio network underground for emergency services underground aboutsley nothing see here for link http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7098306.stm[/quote]

You are right and its a disgrace also a dishonour to all the people who lost there life’s there! :angry:

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if it doesn’t benefit a government, they’re not interested.

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remember it well as yesterday, 17th was 20 yrs since me dad died too.

wot a month!

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The one thing that stands out for me was Body 115. He was the unidentified body who’s face was rebuilt by scientists in a bid to identify him.

They eventually found his identity 16 years after the fire.

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Same here. I was watcing some of the news clips and remember watching them on the news at the time. Look at the kit the fire ‘brigade’ (as it was along with the Met Police ‘Force’ never understood why they changed the names…) are using - wool tunics and shiny silver buttons and having to tackle that. What must that first crew have thought arriving to see that - yet they went in there without breathing gear. One of the blokes died as a result of that action and others were injured. Hats off to all the 999 services.

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It all started to go wrong when they took the fireman’s axe and the copper’s truncheon away:cool:

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I remember it well, i was worling near by when it all happened.