A public inquiry into the cause of the 2017 fire that killed 72 found the design, materials and manner of construction for a refurbishment contributed to the disaster.
Agreement with at least 35 large residential developers will cover cost of fire protection measures in unsafe buildings more than 11 m tall on which they worked over the last 30 years.
Industry has until March to develop a plan and funding to replace on mid-height buildings the type of cladding linked to the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire in London that caused 72 deaths.
Walmart filed suit against Tesla Energy Operations on Aug. 20, alleging that seven rooftop fires at the retailer’s stores between 2012 and 2018 were the result of problems with solar panels installed by a company now owned by the automaker.
The repercussions from the fire tragedy at Grenfell Tower, which killed 72 people in a London high-rise in June 2017, continue to spread through the world of building fire safety.