Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

News flash Fire on Grand Parade.

'Hundreds evacuated in flats fire'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7260396.stm

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on February 23, 2008 at 13:08

Good grief. Sad news. Thanks for the posting.

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on February 23, 2008 at 18:04

I took some shots of the aftermath today.

See:

Grand Parade Fire - the aftermath, front
Grand Parade Fire - the aftermath, rear

But far more dramtic are the shots taken by photojournalist Paul Woods of the firefighters in action

See:

Firefighters at Grand Parade on flickr 1
Firefighters at Grand Parade on flickr 2

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Permalink Reply by matt on February 23, 2008 at 18:34

Thank goodness this didn't spread.

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on February 25, 2008 at 18:28

This from an email correspondent:

The recent fire in Grand Parade set some alarm bells ringing for me.

There is a pattern of low income along the main roads in Haringey, including parts of Green Lanes. I assume this means flats or rooms above shops where people are being given temporary accommodation by Haringey, other Boroughs, managing agents and landlords directly.

Recent discoveries in parts of the borough have found families living in poor accomodation with little or no access to services. One recent immigrant family was in the habit of burning rubbish inside their flat.

My fear is that London will at some point have a tragedy like the Paris

washingtonpost.com

Or in Ludwigshafen earlier this month:

spiegel.de

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Permalink Reply by matt on February 25, 2008 at 18:39

Well the UK fire service came out last week saying that a major accident involving fatalities is just waiting to happen around overcrowded immigrant flats set up by greedy landlords. So your fears are it seems well founded.

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on February 25, 2008 at 18:45

Which takes us neatly back to the bitingly important issue of Houses in multiple occupation. I know of four being illegally converted today in the three roads nearest me.