Barking and Dagenham council launches fire safety review in wake of Riverside fire

By Hamish Champ2020-03-16T06:00:00

Firefighters tackle the blaze at De Pass Gardens, Barking Riverside, on 9 June 2019

Source: London Fire Brigade

Probe will assess impact of last year’s Samuel Garside House blaze

Barking and Dagenham council is leading a safety review it hopes will inform local authorities on what to do in the event of a major residential fire.

The east London council said it wanted to learn lessons from the fire at Samuel Garside House, a block of nearly 80 flats at Barkingside, on the south side of the borough.

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