The chair of the new coalition, Gary Strong, who is also the global building standards director of the RICS, said London’s Grenfell Tower tragedy indicates the level of need for a consistent set of international fire safety standards.
In June of 2017, more than 70 people died in a fire that broke out at the residential tower, a blaze that was reportedly caused by a malfunctioning refrigerator on one of the building’s lower floors. The rapid spread of the fire, however, has been blamed on cladding that had been installed as part of a renovation.
