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2025

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The CTIF Fire Statistics Magazine 2025 will feature a 200 page section on high rise buildings

The work on Report #30, Fire Statistics Magazine 2025, for the reporting year 2023, is still ongoing...

The CTIF Fire Statistics Magazine 2025 will feature a 200 page section on high rise buildings

Photo credit: The Grenfell tower fire on June 14, 2017. Wikipedia Commons License

7 organizations banned from public bidding in the UK in response to the deadly 2017 Grenfell fire

These organizations include manufacturers of cladding and insulation materials, as well as contracto...

7 organizations banned from public bidding in the UK in response to the deadly 2017 Grenfell fire

Ceiling vents likely contributed to rapid fire spread in Buenos Aires skyscraper

The fire reportedly started in a mechanical room housing the building's air conditioning units,...

Ceiling vents likely contributed to rapid fire spread in Buenos Aires skyscraper

Grenfell Tower to be demolished after 8 years of being wrapped in a protective cover

The fire, blamed on faulty wiring and flammable cladding, highlighted concerns about inequality in the UK. The higher levels of the tower are structurally unsound. The building symbolizes Britain's worst residential fire since WWII.

Grenfell Tower to be demolished after 8 years of being wrapped in a protective cover

Fire and Rescue News from Canada, January 2025

A large fire broke out in a warehouse in Vancouver, BC on January 15, 2025. The fire spread rapidly, causing extensive damage to the building and nearby structures. Over 100 firefighters were deployed to tackle the fire.

Fire and Rescue News from Canada, January 2025

2024

Screenshot of the Grenfell Tower Final Report Summary

The final report on the Grenfell Tower fire criticizes firefighting leadership strategies, governmen...

Government and industry are mainly blamed - weak firefighting strategies and a lack of leadership at...

The final report on the Grenfell Tower fire criticizes firefighting leadership strategies, government and construction industry

Decladding high-rise flats in Aberdeen on front in 2017, Bayview Court, 4 August 2017. Photo Credit: Wikipedia Commons License.

New 2024 London apartment tower fire with flammable cladding raises concerns just days before the fi...

40 fire engines and more than 200 firefighters responded to the fire on Freshwater Road in Dagenham....

New 2024 London apartment tower fire with flammable cladding raises concerns just days before the final Grenfell Report is due for release

The 2017 Grenfell Tower High Rise Fire

The fire occurred in Grenfell Tower, North London, on the 14 June 2017 with London Fire Bri-gade rec...

The 2017 Grenfell Tower High Rise Fire

Correction: Report on the Valencia high rise fire in February 2024

On Saturday April 20, we mistakenly published a report on a fire in a highrise in Valencia, from Feb...

Correction: Report on the Valencia high rise fire in February 2024

A demonstration for the compensation of firefighters injured in the Grenfell fire. Photo by FBU

Grenfell firefighters compensated 20 million pounds for injuries in the 2017 high-rise fire

Some of the firefighters, who responded to the blaze at Grenfell Tower on June 14, 2017, endured sev...

Grenfell firefighters compensated 20 million pounds for injuries in the 2017 high-rise fire

The highrise fire in Valencia on Thursday February 22, 2024. Photo by Emergèncias 112CV, on X. https://twitter.com/GVA112/status/1760715417956340020?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1760715417956340020%7Ctwgr%5E886d25f47a10f22d65f12b4be9ab7598ac651d65%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Felpais.com%2Fespana%2Fcomunidad-valenciana%2F2024-02-22%2Fel-fuego-devora-un-edificio-de-viviendas-en-valencia.htmls

Highrise which claimed 10 lives and injured several firefighters in fire had Grenfell synthetic type...

Valencia, Spain: One expert says the plastic insulation was attached to aluminium sheets, which is a...

Highrise which claimed 10 lives and injured several firefighters in fire had Grenfell synthetic type cladding

2023

Settlement made for hundreds families affected by the Grenfell Fire

Those who took part in the claim were represented by 14 legal firms. The lawyers said the agreement ...

Settlement made for hundreds families affected by the Grenfell Fire

High concentrations of toxins in high risefires like Grenfell possibly linked to firefighter cancer

Large fires involving synthetic materials create high levels of toxic contaminants. According to stu...

High concentrations of toxins in high risefires like Grenfell possibly linked to firefighter cancer

The Bronx: Low income tower blocks with Manhattan in the background. Photo by Alex Drainville. Creative Commons Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/

FEMA launches new national plan for fire safety - on the anniversary of deadly Bronx fire

The US Fire Administration will have the power to identify the causes of fires like the one at the T...

FEMA launches new national plan for fire safety - on the anniversary of deadly Bronx fire

2022

Downtown Dubai, in 2018. Wikipedia Commons License. Photo by Iwona Rege.

High rise fires in Dubai and New York: questions arise about dangerous cladding

A fire started on Monday November 7 in a 35 storey building in Dubai. The fire development in the bu...

High rise fires in Dubai and New York: questions arise about dangerous cladding

First legal action taken against UK high rise building to remove dangerous cladding

The controversy has been who should carry the costs of removing and replacing the dangerous cladding...

First legal action taken against UK high rise building to remove dangerous cladding

Grenfell Tower in London before the 2009 renovation. Photo: Wikipedia

Second phase of Grenfell inquiry: "There will be a major fire" - civil servant foretold the tragedy

A UK senior civil servant is said to have uttered a warning that “there is going to be a major fire”...

Second phase of Grenfell inquiry: "There will be a major fire" - civil servant foretold the tragedy

Apartment tower twice as high as Grenfell planned in London - with one single staircase

The London Fire Brigade has serious concerns about the single staircase planned in the 170 meter res...

Apartment tower twice as high as Grenfell planned in London - with one single staircase

Drone shot of the high rise building in the Bronx which caught fire on January 9th. Photo by the New York Fire Department.

Smoke inhalation killed 19 people when door was left open in Bronx high rise fire

Up to 200 firefighters allegedly responded to the alarm. Firefighters found victims in cardiac and r...

Smoke inhalation killed 19 people when door was left open in Bronx high rise fire

2021

Screen shot from the video by below by FOX 13 Tampa Bay.

No more survivors - USAR teams hindered by heavy fire in Miami highrise collapse

More than 150 people are still missing since the collapse on Friday. The official death toll of conf...

No more survivors - USAR teams hindered by heavy fire in Miami highrise collapse

Screenshot from the YouTube video by The Telegraph, featured below in this article.

Highrise fire in Poplar East London had similar cladding as Grenfell Tower

38 adults and four children were treated at the scene by paramedics for shock and smoke inhalation. ...

Highrise fire in Poplar East London had similar cladding as Grenfell Tower

An apartment fire in Queens, NYC, injured 16 firefighters on April 6, 2021. Photo: NYFD

16 firefighters injured in New York apartment fire

About 400 firefighters responded to the fire that started Tuesday afternoon on the top floor of a si...

16 firefighters injured in New York apartment fire

2020

The upper floors of Grenfell Tower after the fire. Photo by Wikipedia

Ex-employee admits fire tests for Grenfell styrofoam panels were fake

Celotex behaved in a “completely unethical” way, admitted Jonathan Roper, a former assistant product...

Ex-employee admits fire tests for Grenfell styrofoam panels were fake

Aftermath of the high rise fire in Bohumin. Photo from the video by the Czech fire services.

Highrise fire in Czech Republic claimed 11 lives and injured two firefighters

8 fire brigades intervened on site with a total of 9 tankers, two ladder trucks, one platform and 46...

Highrise fire in Czech Republic claimed 11 lives and injured two firefighters

2018

Fire training for highrise residents during the 999-project. Photo by Tehran Fire Department