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How the Armenian Lecturer Escaped London Tower Fire?

Croydonadvertiser.co.uk

A group of students have started a fundraising page for a lecturer of criminology at University Centre Croydon (UCC), who lived in the Grenfell Tower and has lost of all his possessions in the fire, croydonadvertiser.co.uk reports.

Mesrob Kassemdjian, known as Robbie to his students, could escape his 17th floor flat with his girlfriend and elderly auntie before the fire engulfed the building.

Now, his students are trying to collect £1,500 for him to replace his extensive book collection, laptop and equipment he used to teach and for research into his PhD.

Speaking outside the tower block on the American Today programme earlier this week, Robbie said: "I looked out the window and I could see the flames coming out from beneath. I woke up my auntie and with the help of my girlfriend we moved fast so that we could move slowly down the stairs.

The building caught fire like a candle. We were outside and looking up and we could see people inside waving at us.

We were telling them to come down but they were waving back which makes me feel like maybe they couldn't because there was already smoke when we were going down the stairwell but maybe the smoke got worse and people were scared to take the risk of I suppose suffocation''.

 


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