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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Lucy Thornton & Matthew Young

Firefighters who saved lives at Grenfell Tower are diagnosed with terminal cancer

Hero firefighters who saved lives at the Grenfell Tower disaster have since been diagnosed with terminal cancer, we can reveal.

A Mirror investigation has found a secret tragedy behind the 2017 fire, which killed 72 residents.

Firefighters, some aged only in their 40s, are suffering with rare cancers linked to the high levels of unprecedented exposure to contaminants during the huge rescue effort.

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