Protests erupt over London fire response

Smoke billows from a high-rise apartment building in west London Wednesday, June 14, 2017. A massive fire raced through the building early Wednesday, emergency officials said. (Rick Findler/PA via AP)

LONDON – Anger following the London high-rise rise fire has boiled over with protests erupting in at least two places in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea. People are chanting “We want justice.”

Some 200 people marched near Notting Hill Gate tube station on Friday, demanding action from local councilors tasked with housing people following the disaster.

A separate protest occurred near the town hall offices. Protesters are worried that councilors will dispatch homeless residents far from their communities.

London has a chronic housing shortage even in the best of times, and people fear being forced out of the city.

The protests are a reflection of the anger in the community following the devastating fire that killed 30 people.