Residents of flats with ‘Grenfell cladding’ have ‘campaigned for its removal for three years’ before fire

One former resident wrote on Twitter: "I lived in New Providence Wharf development for 4 years until last month - thinking of all the residents who have been campaigning to remove this dangerous cladding for years and hoping everyone is safe." https://twitter.com/EmmaBarnesy/status/1390597576911687681 Meanwhile another revealed that he had written a piece raising concern over the cladding years ago. https://twitter.com/JSimpsonjourno/status/1390596416955953152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1390596416955953152%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.unilad.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fresidents-of-london-flats-ablaze-with-grenfell-tower-cladding-had-been-trying-to-get-it-removed-for-3-years%2F Grenfell United, the organisation set up by survivors and victim's families following the tragedy, have also commented on the fire. They said that the government had "completely failed" its target to remove all dangerous cladding from buildings by June 2020. https://twitter.com/GrenfellUnited/status/1390630479666327554 The fire at New Providence Wharf fire has now been extinguished, though the flat where it started appears to have been destroyed. The London Ambulance service said numerous people had been treated at the scene, though the extent of their injuries is yet to be revealed. A spokesperson for the service said: "We have responded alongside the London Fire Brigade to a fire in a residential building in Poplar. "We dispatched ambulance crews, clinical team managers, incident response officers, a command support vehicle, Emergency Planning and Resilience officers and Hazardous Area Response Teams to the scene. "They’ve treated a number of people, and remain at the scene, working with other emergency services."