Systematic failures by the London Fire Brigade caused a greater number of deaths in the Grenfell Tower inferno, a damning official report into the tragedy concluded. The report found that fire chiefs’ slavish adherence to the controversial ‘stay put’ policy prevented residents from escaping. It is thought that up to 55 of the 72 people who died were told to stay in flats for almost two hours after the first 999 call, despite flames spreading with terrifying speed through flammable cladding. Sir Martin Moore-Bick, the retired judge who chaired the public inquiry, found that a full evacuation should have been implemented at least an hour before the order was given. Tomorrow’s report signals the end of phase 1, which has investigated how the fire started on the night and the response of emergency services, while phase 2, which will look into the condition of the tower and how it came to be wrapped with cladding, will begin in 2020. The report will fuel demands for the fire brigade to be prosecuted for corporate manslaughter. Fire chiefs have already been interviewed under caution by police over possible breaches of health and safety regulations. The report found that fire chiefs’ slavish adherence… Read full this story
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