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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent

Grenfell Tower firefighters win £20m damages in out of court settlement

A makeshift memorial on a wall in front of Grenfell Tower
Some firefighters who tackled the blaze at Grenfell Tower in west London have been unable to work again because of severe trauma. Photograph: Glyn Kirk/AFP/Getty Images

Firefighters who attended the Grenfell Tower fire have secured up to £1.1m each in compensation after they sued construction companies, the landlord of the council block and the London fire commissioner.

Payouts to 114 firefighters will vary from £10,000 to £1.1m and total £20m. The out of court settlement follows a £150m payout last year in a similar civil claim brought by nearly 900 bereaved, survivors and residents of the disaster in west London that killed 72 people.

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