‘Grenfell acted like a long, thin, and very effective chimney’

Since the tragic fire at Grenfell Tower in London, concern has grown over the use of polyethylene cladding on buildings in Ireland, writes Caroline O’Doherty.

OF THE many shocking revelations that followed the Grenfell Tower fire disaster, one of the hardest to comprehend was the fact that the building was wrapped in polythene.

As anyone who has set fire to a polythene bag will know, it’s a highly flammable material. That’s to be expected of a substance that derives from oil.