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The Grenfell Tower fire occurred on June 14, 2017, in North Kensington, West London, and burned for 60 hours . It was the deadliest structural fire in the UK since 1988 . The fire was caused by a faulty refrigerator . The building was part of a regeneration scheme for the estate . Seventy people died at the scene and two died later in the hospital, with over 70 injured and 223 escaping . The fire exposed the hidden human tragedy of poverty and gentrification in London . The fire spread rapidly due to the building's flammable cladding . The London Fire Brigade and other emergency services responded to the fire . Volunteers from all over London and beyond joined in the relief effort . A comprehensive guide to the Grenfell Tower cladding was published on Reddit . A legal battle for justice for the victims of the fire continues . The legacy of the Grenfell Tower fire has had a significant impact on the insurance sector .

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Time range: Jun 14, 2017 – Jun 26, 2017
Subjects: High-rise fire, Structural fire, Oil-platform disaster, Urban tragedy, Shanty town, Council estates, Tower blocks, Firefighters, Fire safety risks, Regeneration scheme
Locations: Grenfell Tower, North Kensington, West London, Latimer Road Station, Camden

[1] Grenfell Tower fire - Wikipedia

On 14 June 2017, a high-rise fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in North Kensington, West London, at 00:54 BST and burned for 60 hours. Seventy people died at the scene, and two people died later in hospital, with more than 70 injured and 223 escaping. It was the deadliest structural fire in the United Kingdom since the 1988 Piper Alpha oil-platform disaster and the ...

[2] In Pictures: The Aftermath Of The Grenfell Tower Fire - BuzzFeed

Theresa May speaking to Dany Cotton, commissioner of the London Fire Brigade (left), and other members of the fire service as she visits Grenfell Tower on 15 June. Dan Kitwood / Getty

[3] The Economic System That Made the Grenfell Tragedy Possible

As raging flames consumed the Grenfell Tower housing complex, London’s genteel facade of civility melted away, exposing a hidden human tragedy at its urban core. The immediate cause of the blaze ...

[4] Escaping the Inferno - The New York Times

grenfell tower Aalya Moses was having trouble sleeping just before 1 a.m., when she heard frantic knocking. Her neighbor, Behailu Kebede, said his refrigerator had caught fire.

[5] A comprehensive guide to the Grenfell Tower cladding [long] - Reddit

By 1979, Booker had been commissioned by the BBC to make a two-hour television film, City of Towers, which for the first time told the whole story of how the destruction of our cities had been inspired by the megalomaniac dream in the Twenties of the Swiss architect Le Corbusier; and how this led 40 years later to those vast dehumanised council estates, dominated by tower blocks like Grenfell ...

[6] The turbulent history of Grenfell Tower | RIBAJ - RIBA Journal

Grenfell Tower is part of the Lancaster West estate built between 1972 and 1981 on a 28 acre plot behind Latimer Road Station. The area had a turbulent history. In the early 19th century it was infamous as a shanty town of shed housing and piggeries built amid stagnant water. After the bombing of the Second World War, the 1860s terraced housing ...

[7] Witnesses describe the horror of Grenfell Tower fire | Metro News

The Grenfell Tower was built in 1974 and contains 120 homes, according to the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. More than 20 ambulance crews were sent to the scene, London Ambulance Service ...

[8] Grenfell Tower fire: Heroes awards for three dogs who helped ...

Three dogs from the London Fire Brigade who helped investigators at the Grenfell Tower fire have been honoured with a Animal Heroes Award.. Sherlock, Murphy and Roscoe were recognised for their service to London at the star-studded awards ceremony at the Grosvenor Hotel on Thursday (September 7).. The dogs were nominated for the Public Service Animal of the Year award following their ...

[9] How the Grenfell Tower disaster unfolded | Grenfell Tower fire | The ...

The first 999 call to the London fire brigade was made at 12.54am, with the Metropolitan police called at 1.16am. Forty fire engines sped to north Kensington. Pictures show that by then one side ...

[10] Painstaking search for Grenfell Tower fire victims continues

The names of more victims of the Grenfell Tower fire are expected to be released on Monday as the painstaking process of sifting through charred debris to find missing people continues. Search ...

[11] Underfunded and overstretched: the lawyers seeking justice for Grenfell

North Kensington Law Centre started life in 1970, occupying a former butcher’s shop. To NKLC lawyers, the circumstances surrounding the Grenfell Tower fire had uncomfortable echoes of that past ...

[12] London: Wie sich das Feuer im Grenfell Tower entwickelte

Wie konnten sich die Flammen im Grenfell Tower so schnell nach oben fressen? Bis das komplette Gebäude brannte, vergingen offenbar nur Minuten. Experten zufolge spielte die Fassade eine fatale Rolle.

[13] 'Grenfell Changes Everything': Hundreds Of Homes Evacuated Over ... - NPR

Camden's local council decided to evacuate the hundreds of households due to safety concerns following the devastating fire that killed 79 people in Grenfell Tower. Authorities in London evacuated ...

[14] The Enduring Shame of London's Grenfell Tower Fire - Bloomberg

August 17, 2017 at 4:40 AM PDT. By the time the sun rose, Grenfell Tower was already a blackened shell. The fire had begun as the city slept on June 14, when a faulty refrigerator exploded in a ...

[15] Grenfell Tower fire: 17 people confirmed dead and many still ...

Seventeen people have been confirmed dead following a fire which ripped through Grenfell Tower in North Kensington in the early hours of Wednesday (June 14).. The London Fire Brigade were called to the scene at 00.54am, with over 200 firefighters, and more than forty fire engines attending.. According to the Brigade, firefighters remain at the scene today (June 15).

[16] Analysis: The legacy of Grenfell Tower - Insurance Post

It has been over a month since fire swept up the 24-storey Grenfell Tower building in west London, killing around 80 people and devastating the lives of the 225 survivors. The tragedy sent shock waves through the country, not least in the insurance sector. Protector Forsikring, the carrier behind property owner Kensington and Chelsea borough ...

[17] Grenfell Tower fire: army of volunteers join relief effort

Volunteers from across London and as far away as Birmingham poured into north Kensington on Saturday to help the bereaved and support communities displaced by the Grenfell Tower fire. Carrying ...

[18] MP claims Grenfell shows 'true face of Kensington' in maiden speech

Kensington’s new Labour MP has made a powerful speech blasting poverty in west London following the Grenfell Tower disaster.

[19] Smothered by regeneration: the Grenfell Tower fire | libcom.org

Tenants at Grenfell Tower repeatedly warned the council and its management organisation about fire safety risks before a deadly blaze engulfed the 24-storey residential tower block. Submitted by libcom on June 14, 2017. £10m of external cladding had been fitted to the tower block last year as part of a regeneration scheme for the estate.

[20] How the tragedy unfolded at Grenfell Tower - BBC News

More than 200 firefighters and 40 fire engines responded to the fire at the 24-storey block in North Kensington, after it was reported at 00:54 BST (23:54 GMT).

Concerns raised about Grenfell Tower 'for years' - BBC

The claim comes as London Fire Brigade said there had been a "number of fatalities" at the tower block. Grenfell Tower in north Kensington was completed in 1974 in the brutalist style of the era ...

The London Fire: What We Know - The New York Times

The fire was first reported at 12:54 a.m. The site was Grenfell Tower in North Kensington, built in 1974, which housed at least 400 people in 120 apartments across 20 residential floors ...

Grenfell Tower: Government to review building regulations - BBC

13 July 2017. By Chris Cook,Policy editor, Newsnight. Reuters. Grenfell Tower. Officials have begun preparations for a major review of building regulations in England, Newsnight has learned. The ...

Conspiracy theories about Grenfell are understandable, but unhelpful ...

Members of the emergency services work inside burnt out remains of the Grenfell tower block in north Kensington, London, on 18 June. Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters Raising HAL Science

London fire: Kensington council boss quits over Grenfell tragedy

Since the fire on 14 June, some Grenfell Tower families have been staying in hotels and B&Bs, and there were concerns that more permanent housing would be offered in other parts of the country.

London fire: Who are the victims? - BBC News

Some of the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire Police believe at least 80 people died when fire engulfed Grenfell Tower, in North Kensington, London in the early hours of 14 June.

Grenfell Tower fire - Wikipedia

Witnesses describe the horror of Grenfell Tower fire | Metro News

At least 17 deaths have been confirmed following the blaze at Grenfell Tower in north Kensington. At least 74 people have been taken to five hospitals, London Ambulance Service said. Around 20 ...

London Fire: Photos From the Scene of Grenfell Tower | TIME

Police and rescue services operate near the fire at the Grenfell Tower apartment block in North Kensington, London, on June 14, 2017. Andy Rain—EPA

Some Grenfell Tower victims may never be identified, lawyer says

Some victims of the Grenfell Tower fire may never be identified because they were living in flats sublet without permission by the original tenants, according to the local North Kensington Law Centre.

Grenfell Tower fire: Dozens of UK high-rises fail fire safety tests ...

The list of high-rise apartment towers in Britain that have failed fire safety tests grew to 60, officials said Sunday, revealing the mounting challenge the government faces in the aftermath of ...

Grenfell Tower fire: executive still on full pay despite resignation

The chief executive of the organisation that managed Grenfell Tower is still being paid his full salary despite resigning from the role after the fire that killed at least 80 people, the Guardian ...

In Pictures: The Aftermath Of The Grenfell Tower Fire - BuzzFeed

BuzzFeed Picture Editor, UK. In the aftermath of the fire that consumed Grenfell Tower in west London in the early hours of Wednesday 14 June, work is underway to provide much-needed clothes, food ...

Grenfell Tower fire: More high-rises fail fire safety tests - BBC

Cladding from 120 towers in 37 local authority areas has failed fire safety tests, the PM says.

Grenfell Tower fire: Response and tackling fire risk in high rise ...

On 14 June 2017 a fire broke out at Grenfell Tower, a 24 storey residential housing block in North Kensington, London. At the time of writing 80 people are dead or missing presumed dead. The tower, which provides social housing, contains 129 flats. The block is owned by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea but management of the block is ...

London fire: Who are the victims? - BBC

Some of the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire. Police believe at least 80 people died when fire engulfed Grenfell Tower, in North Kensington, London in the early hours of 14 June. Eighteen people ...

Government launches investigation into Hotpoint fridge that caused ...

Government launches immediate investigation into model of Hotpoint fridge-freezer which started Grenfell Tower blaze. Some 64,000 units of the model were manufactured by Indesit under the Hotpoint ...

Dangerous electrical faults were historically ignored at Glenfell Tower ...

The Grenfell Tower fire is thought to have been started by a fridge catching fire. You may well wonder how on earth that could happen. Fridges are notoriously extremely flammable and give off toxic fumes when they burn. Many house fires start with appliance faults, especially fridge freezers. It’s possible the fridge was faulty, of course. London Fire Service have highlighted the dangers of ...

Grenfell: The Fire of London - YouTube

Shortly before one o'clock on the morning of Wednesday 14th June, an inferno broke out in Grenfell Tower in West London. It went on to claim the lives of 72 ...

Faulty fridge sparked London fire that killed 79 ... - ABC News

The scorched facade of the Grenfell Tower in London, June 15, 2017, after a massive fire raced through the 24-storey high-rise apartment building in west London early Wednesday. Firefighters are ...

London Fire: Grenfell Tower's Controversial History Emerges After ...

Grenfell Action Group’s post on Wednesday: Watching breaking news about the Grenfell Tower fire catastrophe. Too soon (5am) to even guess at numbers of casualties and fatalities.

Grenfell Tower block fire: In pictures - BBC News

According to witnesses, the fire appeared to take hold of the building in one corner before engulfing the tower block. The building, in North Kensington, was built in 1974 and contains 120 homes ...

How the tragedy unfolded at Grenfell Tower - BBC News

Seventy-two people died after a huge fire engulfed Grenfell Tower, a west London residential tower block, in the early hours of Wednesday, 14 June 2017. What happened? More than 200 firefighters ...

Man who lived in the flat where the Grenfell Tower fire started 'packed ...

THE man living in the flat where the Grenfell Tower inferno started packed a bag of belongings then raised the alarm with neighbours, a resident has claimed. Authorities say it’s too early to…

The Guardian view on the Grenfell Tower fire: never again

Smoke and flames billow from Grenfell Tower in the London borough of Kensington and Chelsea as firefighters attempt to control the blaze, which left hundreds of people homeless on 14 June.

Architects like me know Grenfell Tower fire was an avoidable tragedy ...

The terrible Grenfell Tower fire in North Kensington was entirely avoidable. It was not an act of God, but the tragic outcome of a growing void in the responsibility, expertise and single ...

Grenfell Tower fire: support for people affected - GOV.UK

The Portobello Business Centre are acting as a first point of contact for people whose businesses may have been affected by the tragic events at Grenfell Tower. 020 7460 5050 Info@pbc.co.uk www ...

What we know about how the Grenfell Tower fire spread

By 1.46am, the fire had spread to both sides of the block, the flames wrapping themselves around the building via the cladding panels. Similar panels have been installed on hundreds of other ...

Queen and Prince William visits Grenfell Tower fire victims ... - Reddit

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Grenfell Tower death toll will remain at about 80, police believe

Scotland Yard say they believe 350 people were in the west London tower when fire broke out Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent Mon 10 Jul 2017 07.51 EDT Last modified on Wed 20 Sep 2017 19 ...

Grenfell Tower: cladding material linked to fire pulled from sale ...

The company that manufactures an element of the cladding believed to have contributed to the rapid spread of fire through Grenfell Tower has pulled the material from sale around the world.

Grenfell Tower - GOV.UK

Information relating to the fire at Grenfell Tower. 2 January 2023. Added Grenfell Tower Survivors’ settlement policy. 18 December 2020

Is your fridge a fire hazard? - The Telegraph

It is too early to tell exactly how the Grenfell Tower fire was started – but one of the theories that's been aired over the past 24 hours is that the flames can be traced back to a household ...

Grenfell: faith groups step in to mediate between officials and ...

The Rev Sean Doherty, a lecturer in Christian ethics who lives 250 metres from the tower, said North Kensington was the most religious – and most religiously diverse – place he had lived.

Revealed: the tower block fire warnings that ministers ignored

The extent to which government ministers failed to act on expert warnings about inadequate fire safety rules before the Grenfell Tower disaster in London can be revealed by the Observer.. As ...

Grenfell Fire: how Kensington and Chelsea council's response to the ...

Taskforce to take over council in wake of Grenfell Tower fire At that stage the scale of the tragedy — at least 80 missing presumed dead, with the death toll expected to rise — was not clear.

Grenfell Tower's fireproof cladding was ‘downgraded to save £293,000'

Grenfell Tower Kensington And Chelsea cladding fire Grenfell tower fire London 1 / 1 Grenfell Tower's fireproof cladding was ‘downgraded to save £293,000' Grenfell Tower's fireproof cladding ...

Update on Grenfell Tower fire and fire safety - GOV.UK

Communities Secretary Sajid Javid, provides an update on the Grenfell Tower fire and fire safety. With permission Mr Speaker, I would like to update the House on the government’s response to the ...

The chronicle of a tragedy foretold: Grenfell Tower

A fire last April at another property managed by KCTMO, the 31-storey Trellick Tower, suggests there was something catastrophically different about the design of Grenfell Tower. According to the ...

Yes, the Grenfell Tower fire is political - The Conversation

Yes, the Grenfell Tower fire is political – it’s a failure of many governments Published: June 16, 2017 12:36pm EDT Duncan Bowie , University of Westminster

Grenfell Tower: What happened - BBC News

Grenfell Tower had a 'stay put' fire policy - essentially, the building design would contain a fire in a single flat for as long as it took fire crews to bring it under control.

The Grenfell Tower fire: Britain’s worst fire in a century

11m. 4th September: Cornwall throws open its arms to Grenfell survivors. The contrast could hardly be starker. From the charred shell of Grenfell Tower to one of Britain’s most beautiful...

London's high-rise tenants cite concerns in wake of Grenfell Tower fire

Meanwhile, Camden council has been asked to urgently review cladding on five high-rises in the borough after tenants discovered that the contractor used in the Grenfell Tower block refurbishment ...

Grenfell Tower: London borough leader resigns after apartment block fire

Nicholas Paget-Brown, the leader of the London council responsible for residents in Grenfell Tower, announces he is stepping down two weeks after the fire that claimed 80 lives.

Grenfell Tower: 79 presumed dead in London fire | CNN

At least 79 people are dead or missing and presumed dead following the fire that tore through the 24-story Grenfell Tower in London, police have said. Metropolitan Police Commander Stuart Cundy ...

The Observer view on the Grenfell Tower fire | Observer editorial

Grenfell Tower fire - latest updates. Sat 17 Jun 2017 19.05 EDT Last modified on Fri 1 Dec 2017 22.08 EST. Share. The horrific images of people signalling for help at the windows of a blazing ...

Grenfell Tower fire devastates London - The Washington Post

Grenfell Tower, devastated by a fire Tuesday night, was a neighborhood contradiction. The building was located in Kensington, a famously wealthy part of London where properties often sell for 1 ...

Grenfell reflects the accountability vacuum left by crumbling local ...

A day after the Grenfell Tower fire in West London, a Sky News camera crew is talking to writer, film-maker and local resident Ishmahil Blagrove as he delivers a polished exposition on the ...

Grenfell Tower: A timeline of one of Britain's worst tragedies

12.54 am on 14 June, 2017. London Fire Brigade respond to calls of a huge fire at the 24-storey Grenfell Tower in north Kensington. The first crews were on site within six minutes as firefighters ...

London fire: Furious residents descend on town hall | CNN

Residents hit by the Grenfell Tower disaster descended on a local town hall in London Friday, pushing their way into the building and shouting “we want justice.”

Grenfell Fire: Camden Council Evacuates Five High Rises Amid Fears They ...

Camden Council said on Friday evening that the residents from 800 flats - potentially thousands of people - in the Chalcots Estate’s high rises would leave in the wake of the devastating...

The Report: Kingspan and the Grenfell Tower Inquiry

Grenfell fire seen just before 5am on June 14, 2017, from Putney Hill in London. Photo by Cbakerbrian, CC-BY SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Photo by Cbakerbrian, CC-BY SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Between November 2020 and March 2021, eight Kingspan managers were called to testify and produce documents in the U.K. Government’s ongoing Grenfell Tower Inquiry.

Where are the missing? How the tabloids underplayed deaths at Grenfell ...

Grenfell Tower fire; United Kingdom; This article is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International licence. If you have any queries about republishing please ...

Talk of Grenfell 'remains' leaves shattered son upset and confused ...

Choucair, who lost six close relatives in the Grenfell Tower fire, has been told by police that “13 remains” have been discovered in the 22nd floor flat where his sister lived. But he has no ...

Holy Father’s condolences for the victims of the fire in Grenfell Tower ...

Holy Father’s condolences for the victims of the fire in Grenfell Tower, London (United Kingdom), 17.06.2017. His Holiness Pope Francis was saddened to learn of the devastating fire in London and of the tragic loss of life and injury. He entrusts the souls of those who have died to the Lord’s loving mercy and offers his heartfelt ...

如何看待6月14日英国伦敦的塔楼公寓大火灾？ - 知乎

来源：London fire: What we know so far about Grenfell Tower ... 来源：London fire: Six questions for the investigation - BBC News. 从这段话来看，很可能，幕墙的铝塑饰面板，在英国是作为整体的复合材料来进行了耐火性能检验，而非其芯材的单一组分的燃烧性能。所以推断，伦敦标准允许B2上墙，而且居然是业界公认消防 ...

The politics of fire: from Ancient Rome and San Francisco to Grenfell Tower

Throughout history, devastating fires have sparked crises in the status quo. Like Grenfell Tower, they reveal much about the political structures shaping our cities. F lames were still visible ...

Theresa May orders public inquiry into Grenfell fire as criminal ...

Follow the latest updates as police say they expect death toll to rise in wake of Grenfell Tower disaster in west London. Skip to main content Skip to navigation. Close dialogue 1 / 4 Next image ...

How Appliances Catch Fire - Consumer Reports

June 24, 2017. A Hotpoint refrigerator is the suspected cause of what the New York Times is calling Britain's deadliest fire in a century, the Grenfell Tower fire in London, which killed at least ...

Kensington: uneasy coexistence between the capital’s rich and poor ...

People collect donations for the families affected by the Grenfell Tower fire. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian. Normally, he says, this part of Kensington is “a nice place.

Grenfell tower block fire: Facts minus speculation - inews.co.uk

Ambulances are stationed at a huge fire engulfing the Grenfell Tower early June 14, 2017 in west London. (Pic: Getty Images) (Pic: Getty Images) Building work to upgrade the building costing £8.6 ...

Grenfell Tower fire: Death toll set to rise as desperate search for ...

Grenfell Tower fire: Death toll set to rise as desperate search for survivors continues Twelve residents confirmed dead after horror blaze decimates west London high-rise Thursday 15 June 2017 10: ...

Grenfell Tower: What happened - BBC News

The fire which destroyed Grenfell Tower in June 2017 was one of the UK's worst modern disasters. Just before 01:00 on 14 June, fire broke out in the kitchen of a fourth floor flat at the 23 storey ...

Grenfell Tower fire - Wikipedia

An article in The Guardian three days after the Grenfell Tower fire described it as a "tragedy foretold", highlighting that there had been previous cladding fires such as the 2015 fire at The Marina Torch in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In 2016, a non-fatal fire at a Shepherd's Bush tower block spread to six floors via flammable external cladding. In May 2017, the London Fire Brigade (LFB ...

What we know and what we do not know about the Grenfell Tower fire

Mark Odell and Cynthia O’Murchu. June 16 2017. Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free. Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The disaster at...

London Fire: Questions Swirl Over Deadly Blaze at Grenfell Tower - NBC News

Smoke rises from the Grenfell Tower apartment block in London on June 14, 2017. Andy Rain / EPA. LONDON — The high-rise apartment block in London that went up in flames Wednesday recently had an ...

Factbox: Grenfell Tower - the London apartment block that went up in ...

Grenfell Tower, a 24-storey apartment block in North Kensington, West London, was completed in 1974. It originally contained 120 apartments, though seven more were added in refurbishment.

Thousands warned their blocks clad with same panelling as Grenfell Tower

Bob O’Toole, head of the residents association at the Chalcots estate in the London borough of Camden, where the cladding on five towers, up to 22 storeys, is to be torn down, said: “A lot of ...

How the tragedy unfolded at Grenfell Tower - BBC News

Grenfell Tower was built in 1974 by Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council. An £8.6m refurbishment - which was part of a wider transformation of the estate - was completed by Rydon ...

Grenfell Tower fire insurance loss estimated at up to £1 billion

Media reports in the UK now suggest that the tragic fire in the Grenfell Tower apartment building in London’s Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, could lead to an insurance industry loss of as much as £1 billion. The Times newspaper first reported that the Grenfell Tower fire could cost anywhere from £200 million to £1 billion ...

London's Grenfell Tower insurer ups claims estimate to $65 million

The insurer of London's Grenfell Tower, where at least 80 people died in a devastating fire, raised its estimate for property and liability insurance claims to 50 million pounds on Friday.

Grenfell fire: social cleansing by London councils widespread

More grotesque still given the Grenfell Tower fire is the sell-off of fire stations to property developers. As mayor of London, Boris Johnson pushed through the closure of 10 fire stations and 600 ...

London fire: Six killed as Grenfell Tower engulfed - BBC

Eyewitnesses described people trapped in the burning Grenfell Tower, in north Kensington, screaming for help and yelling for their children to be saved. Firefighters, who rescued many people, were ...

Racism And Classism Killed The Residents Of Grenfell Tower

The tragedy of Grenfell Tower is one of both race and class, and it's time we acknowledge a few hard truths about systemic inequality in Britain - before another senseless and unbearable tragedy ...

Grenfell Tower fire: Inquiry 'can and will provide answers' - BBC

The fire started in a fridge freezer and spread quickly through the 24-storey tower block in North Kensington, in the early hours of 14 June. In August it was announced that the actions of ...

London fire: 'Chimney effect could be reason Grenfell Tower blaze ...

Robert Black, Chief Executive of Kensington & Chelsea TMO, says: "The fire at Grenfell Tower is devastating and the reports of injury and losses of life absolutely heartbreaking. Along with my ...

Council leader offers resignation over Grenfell Tower fire

It includes London-wide local and regional government, central government, the British Red Cross, the Metropolitan police and London Fire Brigade. Inside Grenfell Tower 1 / 13

Grenfell Tower: Massive Building Fire In London! - (Compilation)

14/06/2017 - Massive flames licked up the sides of the 27-storey block as 200 firefighters battled the blaze for hours along with 40 fire engines on Wednesda...

Grenfell Tower fire: Inquiry 'can and will provide answers' - BBC

The inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire has opened, with its chairman promising it will provide answers to how the disaster could have happened in 21st century London.

there must be arrests after Grenfell Tower - The Guardian

Revisit the public inquiry after the Summerland disaster of 1973, the same year Grenfell was put up. In a leisure centre in the Isle of Man, 50 people lost their lives. The building was metal-clad ...

Years of apathy make Grenfell not a tragedy, but an atrocity

A Kensington and Chelsea council meeting ends in anger after it is shut down before a discussion on the Grenfell Tower fire on Thursday Photograph: Press Assocation. Next, of course, there’s the ...

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