More than seven years on, a long-awaited report into the deaths of 72 people in the Grenfell Tower fire is being published.
The lengthy document - the final report of the inquiry into the 2017 disaster - is expected to lay out in detail its findings around the actions of corporate firms in the construction industry, the local authority, London Fire Brigade and government. Families of those killed have insisted it must be a "landmark report" which prompts wide-scale change after what was described as a "spider's web of blame" was spun during inquiry hearings.
They were "external to the building" by 1.09am.The approximate timings suggest the fire had reached the cladding before the firefighters made it to the kitchen. 1.26amThe fire quickly spread upwards through the east side of the tower.Video footage showed it reaching the top floor of the east side by 1.26am - less than half an hour after firefighters had arrived on the scene.The tower had a 'stay put' fire policy, with residents told to stay in their flats.
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