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The story dominates the UK front pages – social media and media websites as the publications pick apart the findings.
Online, deep dives into the lives and deaths of the victims, why it will take many more years for justice and the more than 4,600 residential buildings in England that still have unsafe cladding, lead.
Trending – Grenfell victims failed by everyone
There is one story dominating the UK news cycle and online media space today – the report from the Grenfell fire inquiry which lays out the multiple failures that led to the 20217 tragedy.
The report of the six-year public inquiry found that the Grenfell Tower fire that killed 72 people in 20217 was the result of a chain of failures by governments, “dishonest” companies and a lack of strategy by the fire service, the final report of the six-year public inquiry has concluded.
Basic Facts
- Grenfell Tower, a 24-story residential block, caught fire in 2017 and began rapidly spreading
- The fire killed 72 people and left many injured
- The reason the fire was so deadly was due to highly flammable cladding being used in the 2016 refurbishment
- The fire services also received criticisms for delays and lack of a plan to deal with the fire
- A public inquiry began in 2017 and its findings were released on Wednesday
READ THE GRENFELL TOWER REPORT KEY FINDINGS
- How building safety is managed in England and Wales is “seriously defective”
- “Systematic dishonesty” by the manufacturers of cladding and insulation
- US firm Arconic, manufacturer of the Reynobond 55 cladding which experts at the inquiry said was “by far the largest contributor” to the fire, deliberately concealed the true extent of the danger of using its product
- Manufacturers made “false and misleading claims” over the safety and suitability of insulation to the company which installed it on Grenfell
- Failures in London Fire Brigade’s training and a lack of a strategy to evacuate the building
- Successive governments missed opportunities to act
- The local council and the Tenant Management Organisation had a “persistent indifference to fire safety, particularly the safety of vulnerable people”
The reaction
The papers reacted with sadness and outrage at the deaths which were labelled as ‘avoidable’. The media headlines pick up on certain powerful words in the report: ‘Dishonsty’ ‘incompetence’ ‘Greed’ ‘Indifference’ & ‘Complacency’.
Many of the publications also call for justice making it clear they want the police to speed up criminal charges. Those waiting to get justice will have been waiting a decade by the time any prosecutions are brought, several key publications note.
Images of the victims and images of the tower during the fire and two key images for the publications and online – as people pay tribute and reflect on one of the biggest disasters in British history.
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Don't forget what this disgrace of a Mayor did to the London Fire Brigade in the years before the Grenfell Tower disaster https://t.co/ngrRDqffRV pic.twitter.com/e67Bo37wLe
— Jane 🌱💙🇺🇦💚 (@localnotail) September 4, 2024
"Grenfell Tower would not have happened to wealthy Londoners. It happened to poor and mainly migrant Londoners".
— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) September 4, 2024
Jeremy Corbyn in 2019, and he was right. Grenfell wasn't just an horrific tragedy, it was social murder.pic.twitter.com/T4osppStTe
In the years leading up to the Grenfell Tower fire, Westminster boasted of a 'bonfire' of building regulations.
— Fire Brigades Union (@fbunational) September 5, 2024
For decades, politicians have allowed corporate greed to turn safe homes into potential death traps.
Deregulation costs lives. @MattWrack on @BBCBreakfast pic.twitter.com/aEns9C6CbU