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Grenfell Tower was part of the Lancaster West Estate, a council housing complex in North Kensington. The 24-storey tower block was designed in 1967 in the Brutalist style of the era by Clifford Wearden and Associates, and the Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council approved its construction in 1970.
On 14 June 2017, the Grenfell Tower fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in North Kensington, West London, at 00:54 BST; it caused 72 deaths, including those of two victims who later died in hospital. More than 70 others were injured and 223 people escaped.
Grenfell United, which represents the survivors and bereaved families of those killed in the blaze, said the report marked “a significant chapter in the journey to truth, justice and change ...
Like the vast majority of high-rise buildings in the UK, Grenfell Tower did not have sprinklers. [33] A BBC Breakfast investigation focusing on half of the UK's council- and housing association-owned tower blocks found that 2% of them had full sprinkler systems. Deaths were 87% lower when buildings with sprinklers caught fire.
A former employee of the firm which made the flammable cladding for Grenfell Tower has reportedly described the 72 deaths as “a tragedy” after the final report into the fire criticised him for ...
The Grenfell disaster in Kensington killed dozens of residents when the building's plastic-filled exterior panels turned a small fire in one apartment into an inferno that consumed the 24-storey ...
The Grenfell Tower Inquiry is a British public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire, which killed 72 people and destroyed Grenfell Tower on 14 June 2017. [1] It was ordered by Prime Minister Theresa May on the day following the fire.
The campaign group Grenfell United posted: “On this day 5 years ago, people came in solidarity & opened their hearts. “It showed the power of unity, regardless of faith, race or background ...