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Grenfell cladding firms pass the buck
Second phase of the inquiry hears companies showing ‘no trace of responsibility’ for the horrific London fire
Protesters outside the Grenfell Tower public inquiry in London, where the second part of the inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire, examining the circumstances and causes of the disaster, was due to start

COMPANIES involved in the fatally flawed refurbishment of Grenfell Tower are playing the blame game: expressing “no trace of responsibility” for the fire, the inquiry’s second phase heard yesterday.

The second stage of the investigation into the 2017 disaster that killed 72 people opened at a new venue in Paddington, west London, to consider how the council housing block came to be wrapped in the cladding.

The first stage concluded that flammable aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding was the “principal” reason for the rapid spread of fire up the 24-floor building.

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