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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rebecca Speare-Cole

London Fire Brigade failures at Grenfell Tower ‘caused extent of deaths’

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The London Fire Brigade’s (LFB) failures at Grenfell Tower were “causative of the extent of loss of life” and even made matters “far worse,” an inquiry into the 2017 fire has heard.

Danny Friedman QC, who represents several residents and families of those who died in the inferno, told the Grenfell Tower Inquiry on Monday that the fire services’ failures were “shocking” and contributed to the deaths of 72 people.

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