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The UK's housing minister says the British government is partly to blame for the deadlysaid building regulations were deficient and could be exploited by developers.government collectively has to take some responsibility"There's a difference between presiding over a system that's negligent and actively exploiting it.
But it is undeniably the case thatThe fire at Grenfell Tower, a 23-story housing block in west London, was found to have started by an electrical fault in a refrigerator, with the combustible cladding system retro-fitted to the tower's external walls the main factor in the flames quickly spreading.The burnt out remains of Grenfell Tower in September 2017.
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