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Smoke billowing from the fire that engulfed the 24-storey Grenfell Tower in west London, in October 2019
HOUSING developers may be “gaming the system” to dodge fire safety rules put in place after the Grenfell Tower disaster, a fire chief has warned.
London Fire Brigade (LFB) deputy commissioner Paul Jennings said that fire safety engineers had examined “hundreds if not thousands” of new buildings that may be “deliberately” designed to avoid stringent fire safety rules imposed after the notorious 2017 tower block fire in west London.
They include some designed to be lower than the 18-metre limit for being classed as a high-rise building, since such buildings require more advanced fire safety measures.
YVETTE WILLIAMS and JOE DELANEY dissect the institutional dawdling that rubbed salt into the Grenfell open wounds prolonging the agony of survivors
As we approach the half-anniversary of the Grenfell tragedy, the community gathers to remember loved ones while grappling with mixed emotions surrounding the ongoing deconstruction of the tower and the hopeful plans for a memorial, writes EMMA DENT COAD
