The Ronan Point Collapse

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On 16 May 1968, a small gas explosion in an eighteenth-floor flat caused an entire corner of Ronan Point, a recently completed tower block in East London, to collapse. Four people were killed and seventeen injured, but the disaster could easily have claimed many more lives. Discover how one displaced concrete panel triggered a progressive collapse, what investigators found inside the building's poorly constructed joints, and how the tragedy transformed Britain's approach to structural safety and high-rise housing. Visit our website: Compact Disasters Find us on our social media sites: Facebook Instagram Pinterest Youtube #RonanPoint #TowerBlock #LondonHistory #DisasterHistory #EngineeringDisasters #CompactDisasters

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