Ladders Came Up Short and Cost Lives in London Blaze, Firefighters Say (NYT)

(From the New York Times, By ROD NORDLAND -- JULY 8, 2017)

LONDON — More lives could have been saved in the Grenfell Tower blaze in London, firefighters say, but a lack of equipment, particularly fire engines with ladders high enough to reach the top floors of the 24-story building, impeded the rescue effort.

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