Firefighters who saved lives during the Grenfell Tower disaster have been diagnosed with terminal cancer. An investigation has uncovered a secret tragedy from the 2017 fire in West London, which killed 72 residents.
The Mirror reports that up to a dozen firefighters who attended the scene have been diagnosed with cancer. Some are aged only in their 40s, and are suffering from rare cancers, which are linked to the high levels of unprecedented exposure to contaminants during the rescue effort.
The majority of the diagnoses are understood to be digestive cancers and leukaemia, for which there is no cure. However, it is feared this could be the tip of the iceberg, with some forms of the disease taking up to 25 years to appear.
