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Cyanide found in 12-year-old survivor

AT LEAST one survivor of the Grenfell Tower disaster was diagnosed with cyanide poisoning.

BBC 2’s Newsnight programme said medical papers showed that 12-year-old Luana Gomes was diagnosed with “smoke inhalation injury” and “cyanide poisoning” following the blaze.

Her mother and sister were also treated for the risk of cyanide poisoning at King’s College Hospital where they were put into medically induced comas and given a cyanide antidote.

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