A new study reveals that over a hundred firefighters who responded to the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 are now experiencing long-term health problems. The research, conducted by the University of Central Lancashire, found that one in four firefighters involved in the initial response are suffering from life-changing conditions.
Firefighters made the ultimate sacrifice tackling the blaze at Grenfell as a study reveals more than a hundred are now suffering long-term diseases, LBC has been told. A major first-of-its-kind survey from the University of Central Lancashire has revealed one in four firefighters who responded to the fire in 2017 now suffer life-changing health conditions as scientists examine whether they are linked to exposure to toxic fumes from the inferno.
The disaster killed 72 people when a fire at the 23-story flat block was accelerated by highly flammable cladding.More than 600 firefighters at the London Fire Brigade were involved in the first 20 hours of response, and 524 of them took part in this fresh research.They reported 66 cases of digestive diseases, 64 respiratory diseases, 22 neurological diseases and 11 cancers.The Fire Brigades’ Union is now calling for regular monitoring of firefighters’ health following the 'shocking' report. Read more: Labour pledges to fix all Grenfell-style cladding on Government-funded buildings in five yearsRead more: Housing minister gives up Grenfell role after survivors complain about her links to firm criticised in inquiry Professor Anna Stec, Professor in Fire Chemistry and Toxicity at UCLAN who led the study, said: “Although it’s not possible to definitively trace any disease back to a single incident, it’s alarming that a high proportion of the firefighters who were exposed to very high smoke levels that night are now falling ill.”Professor Stec’s research also found 89 per cent of surveyed firefighters said they were not wearing respiratory protective equipment while on the scene, many of them inside the burning building.The study noted how Grenfell’s cladding produced 'large quantities of toxic smoke' including 'deep lung irritants'.LBC has spoken to one former firefighter who was diagnosed with salivary gland cancer two years later, and criticised poor equipment and a lack of health check-up
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