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Rhiannon James

'Hero fireman wrongly blames himself for Grenfell Tower fire deaths', says MP

A chief fire officer who was first on the scene at the Grenfell Tower tragedy “blames himself” for not saving more people, a Labour MP has told the Commons.

Speaking about one of his constituents, Chris Vince argued it is not “heroes” such as the responding fire officers who are to blame, but “people like us, in this room, with suits on”.

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