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Names of 72 Grenfell victims read out at memorial service on fifth anniversary
Marlene Anderson, the daughter of victim Raymond Bernard speaks at the Grenfell fire memorial service at Westminster Abbey in London, in remembrance of those who died in the Grenfell Tower fire on June 14 2018. Picture date: Tuesday June 14, 2022.

THE names of the 72 people who lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower fire were read out at a memorial service today to mark five years since the blaze.

Multi-faith leaders read out the names of the victims of the tragedy during a service at Westminster Abbey to remember those who perished in the tower block fire on June 14, 2017.

Attendees included former prime minister Theresa May, London Mayor Sadiq Khan, Housing Secretary Michael Gove, building safety and fire minister Stephen Greenhalgh, and shadow housing secretary Lisa Nandy.

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