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		</div><p>A fire at a five-storey hotel in west London was on the outside of the building, which a witness says was covered in cladding.</p>
<p>About 100 firefighters tackled the blaze at the Travelodge in High Street, Brentford, in the early hours of Wednesday.</p>
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<p>The London Fire Brigade (LFB) said about 160 people were evacuated from the building and there were no injuries.</p>
<p>Hotel guest Reg Williams, from Stratford-upon-Avon, said parts of the building covered in cladding were “shrouded” in smoke.</p>
<p>He told the PA news agency: “The fire crews had the hoses in that cladded area for ages.</p>
<p>“I’m concerned that cladding is still attached to buildings.”</p>
<p>“The fire was quite big, the flames were 20 metres high,” he said. “It really went up quickly.”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">We&#39;ve now got 15 fire engines and around 100 firefighters tackling the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Brentford?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Brentford</a> hotel fire <a href="https://t.co/KK5v6zXYHt">https://t.co/KK5v6zXYHt</a> <a href="https://t.co/inS0dA8rmK">pic.twitter.com/inS0dA8rmK</a></p>
<p>&mdash; London Fire Brigade (@LondonFire) <a href="https://twitter.com/LondonFire/status/1202087967700983810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 4, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Fifteen fire engines attended the incident, which started in a bin room adjacent to the hotel.</p>
<p>An LFB spokesman said the blaze spread to the hotel and “up five floors”.</p>
<p>He told PA: “The fire was on the outside, from what I gather. That is how it is looking.”</p>
<p>Asked if the fire spread across the cladding, the spokesman added: “We would not give details until we have carried out an investigation.”</p>
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<p>In a tweet, which included a link to a story about the fire, Labour politician Emma Dent Coad, whose constituency included Grenfell Tower, said: “While there is breath in my body – in or out of parliament – I will do everything I can to reverse policies that allowed use of combustible materials &; ensure unsafe buildings are dealt with asap.</p>
<p>“This is a national scandal. People will die.”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is the letter we sent to the Government &; all party leaders <a href="https://twitter.com/mhclg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mhclg</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BorisJohnson</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/jeremycorbyn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jeremycorbyn</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/joswinson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@joswinson</a>: </p>
<p>";It is our conviction that a serious fire in the UK, leading to loss of life, will occur in a building wrapped in combustible materials unless you act."; <a href="https://t.co/GYgpSqoeNa">pic.twitter.com/GYgpSqoeNa</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Grenfell United (@GrenfellUnited) <a href="https://twitter.com/GrenfellUnited/status/1202155930525356032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 4, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>It comes after pressure group Grenfell United sent a letter to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday raising “grave concerns” that a “Grenfell-like fire” will occur again.</p>
<p>The letter said: “It is our conviction that a serious fire in the UK, leading to a loss of life, will occur in a building wrapped in combustible materials unless you act.”</p>
<p>The Travelodge is located less than five miles from the site of the Grenfell Tower disaster, which claimed the lives of 72 people in 2017.</p>
<figure id="attachment_145569" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-145569" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-145569" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/3A3C3791-3FFD-4AE3-B422-FE07BDF42342.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="387" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-145569" class="wp-caption-text">The hotel was badly damaged by the blaze</figcaption></figure>
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<p>A Travelodge spokesman said the fire occurred at its London Kew Bridge hotel.</p>
<p>“Guests are being looked after locally and our team are now making arrangements for their future accommodation and support,” the spokesman said.</p>
<p>In response to questions about cladding and how the blaze spread, the spokesman said the company did not wish to “speculate” and that it was supporting the fire brigade.</p>
<p>Fire crews were called to the hotel at 2.52am and were supported by staff from surrounding fire stations.</p>
<p>The blaze was “under control” by 6.53am and its cause is now being investigated, the brigade said.</p>
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