The Grenfell Tower fire, which claimed the lives of 72 people, was the culmination of “decades of failure” by the government and “dishonest” companies, a damning report has found.
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00:00The Grenfell Tower fire, which claimed the lives of 72 people, was the culmination of decades of failure by the government and
00:08dishonest companies a damning report has found. The 1700 page document, released at 11 a.m.
00:14on Wednesday September the 4th, lays bare the Grenfell inquiry's findings around the actions of
00:21corporate firms in the construction industry, the local authority,
00:25London Fire Brigade and government.
00:27The final report, chaired by Sir Martin Moore Bick, said that Grenfell Tower was turned into a death trap by
00:34dishonest construction firms, architects and negligent politicians who ignored fire safety for decades.
00:42A report in 2019 from the first phase of the inquiry
00:45concluded the tower's cladding did not comply with the building regulations and was the principal reason for the rapid, profoundly
00:52shocking spread of the blaze. For more on this head to LondonWorld.com