Grenfell fire

Thursday, August 06

Minister snuffs out council push to name at-risk flammable buildings

Planning Minister Stephan Knoll has rejected a call from the Adelaide City Council to allow it to publicly release details of buildings covered in flammable cladding, branding the move a “publicity stunt”.

Firefighters question flammable cladding fix as legal concerns grow

The firefighters’ union is demanding to know why the State Government has directed that some – but not all – potentially flammable cladding should be removed from the Adelaide buildings deemed to be at “extreme risk” of fire.

Smoke billows from the fire that engulfed London's 24-storey Grenfell Tower in 2017. Photo: PA

Adelaide buildings at "extreme risk" from flammable cladding

A major new report has found seven Adelaide buildings at “extreme risk” of fire from flammable cladding – but the State Government won’t identify them, and says there’s no need to evacuate residents or tenants.

"It's like wrapping a building in petrol": Xenophon seeks cladding ban

South Australian senator Nick Xenophon will push for new import laws to ban flammable cladding in the wake of London’s deadly Grenfell Tower fire.

Fire safety tests 'should have been done years ago'

A state parliamentary crossbencher says the Weatherill Government should have taken decisive action to ensure public safety over potentially-flammable high-rise cladding when he raised concerns about the issue more than two years ago.

Cladding audit marks 77 city buildings for further inquiry

Adelaide Oval and the new Royal Adelaide Hospital are among 77 city buildings earmarked for further investigation after a widespread audit in the wake of the London’s deadly Grenfell Tower fire.