Grenfell tower
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The 24-story housing block was consumed by flames in the early hours of 14 June 2017, with residents of neighboring blocks looking on helplessly as dozens of...
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Grenfell Tower was engulfed by flames in the middle of the night of 14 June 2017, in Britain’s deadliest domestic fire since World War Two.
The day after the disaster, May briefly visited the site, thanking firefighters for their work and holding a short meeting with the team in charge of the response.
Behailu Kebede lived in apartment 16 on the fourth floor of Grenfell Tower, a 24-storey block in west London where the fire started.
The fire led to a national outpouring of angst over whether poor quality social housing and neglect by the authorities played a part in the tragedy.
British Prime Minister Theresa May along with her government were called “criminals” by Stormzy.
Police had previously said about 80 people died in the blaze, which tore through the 24-storey tower in west London in the middle of the night
The blaze engulfed a 24-storey social housing block in west London on 14 June, killing an estimated 80 people in the country’s deadliest fire since World War Two.
The inquiry started with a minute’s silence to honour the victims, whose exact number remains unknown because of the devastation inside the tower.
British police said there are grounds to suspect that corporate manslaughter may have been committed by the local council, according to a report.
British police said the final death toll from the blaze that gutted the 24-storey apartment block may not be known until 2018.
Britain named a former judge on Thursday to lead the inquiry into the inferno.
The devastating Grenfell inferno has raised concerns about the cladding used on the facades of buildings.
Investigators said they would consider bringing manslaughter charges over the disaster and had already seized material from many undisclosed organisations.
After a week of mayhem, a look back at the events and images and a community coming to terms – or not coming to terms – with their loss.
The government said it had obtained dozens of newly built apartments in a west London development, a first step towards fulfilling a pledge to rehouse residents of Grenfell Tower which was gutted in a deadly fire.
A total of 79 people died in the fire, which swept through the 24-storey Grenfell Tower on June 14th.
London Police Commander Stuart Cundy said the toll from the Grenfell Tower blaze could still change.