Legal loopholes mean that building refurbishment sites face increased fire risk

摘要

In 2015 the Battersea Art Centre went up in flames, leaving it with a rebuild cost verging on £15M. The Glasgow School of Art was engulfed in flames in 2018 for the second time in four years, and is expected to cost £100M to rebuild. And this January, the iconic Koko club in Camden, London, lost a third of its roof after fire broke out. In France, the historic Notre Dame cathedral in Paris was extensively damaged last year. Repairs are expected to cost up to €600M (£510M). All were being refurbished when the fires took place.