Chalcots Estate resident on weekend evacuation
Shah, a resident from the Chalcots Estate, talks about his evacuation experience after external cladding failed fire safety tests.
Residents have been evacuated to a nearby leisure centre in Swiss Cottage.
鈥淚n the beginning, they told us that we can鈥檛 accommodate you anywhere. You either stay here the night, or you find your own accommodation.鈥
鈥淗ere at the leisure centre [we鈥檙e] on these inflatable beds, but it鈥檚 already overcrowded. Although there was somewhere to stay, there wasn鈥檛 somewhere to stay.鈥
Camden Council said it was forced to evacuate four blocks because not only did the external cladding fail testing, but there were multiple other fire safety failures as well.
This clip is originally from 5 live Breakfast on Monday, 26 June 2017.
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