Inquiry into deadly London fire finds failures by UK govt and industry

ABC NEWS (Australia)

A scathing final report into the Grenfell Tower fire has blamed successive governments, the construction industry, and the London fire brigade for the disaster which killed 72 people in 2017.

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00:00It's been more than seven years since the world watched on in disbelief as a 23-storey

00:06tower block in the heart of London went up in flames with residents still inside.

00:12Now a long-awaited report has found the fire which killed 72 people including 18 children

00:18was the result of decades of failings by successive governments, the construction industry and

00:23even the London Fire Brigade.

00:26The simple truth is that the deaths that occurred were all avoidable and those who

00:32lived in the tower were badly failed over a number of years and in a number of different

00:37ways by those who were responsible for ensuring the safety of the building and its occupants.

00:45The report found years of government and industry failures turned Grenfell into a death trap

00:50and that incompetence, greed and dishonesty led to avoidable deaths.

00:54It found the company that made the cladding on Grenfell Tower deliberately concealed safety

00:59risks and that the government failed to act on known fire risks to high-rise buildings.

01:05Relatives of victims say the inquiry's findings have not brought them any closure or sense

01:10of justice.

01:11Man's law to charges.

01:13Someone needs to be done because if you're telling me that greed, dishonesty, somebody

01:20needs to pay for that.

01:22Somebody needs to pay for being incompetent.

01:25Somebody needs to pay for not doing their jobs properly because they didn't do their

01:28jobs properly led to people dying.

01:31The public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire is now over but a separate criminal investigation

01:36is ongoing.

01:38Police have warned it could be years before any potential charges are laid.

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