2017 Grenfell Tower fire in London that claimed 72 lives due to UK govt failure: Inquiry
Wednesday, 4 September 2024 () The 2017 Grenfell Tower fire in London that claimed 72 lives has been attributed to failings by the government, construction industry, and companies involved in fitting flammable cladding. A public inquiry criticized authorities and firms for dishonestly marketing combustible cladding as safe. The blaze spread due to cladding added during a 2016 refurbishment.
"Systematic dishonesty" and "persistent failure" were among the chief causes of the Grenfell Tower fire, which killed 72 people in June 2017, rules an inquiry into the disaster. Unveiling his..
Seven years after 72 people were killed in the high-rise building fire in London, the inquiry found that a "combination of causes" led to the tower being covered in combustible cladding.
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Sir Keir Starmer responds to the publication of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry report – telling MPs that "words can lose their meaning in the face of an injustice so painful, so deserving of anger”...
The devastating Grenfell Tower fire, which claimed 72 lives in 2017, was the result of “decades of failure” by the UK government and “systematic... Invezz
Wednesday, 4 September 2024 ()
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