A list of failed safety regulations has been presented to
a public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower blaze. Dr Barbara Lane said lifts in
the tower were sub-standard, fire doors had not been replaced and combustible
material was fitted around windows. She said the "very basis" of the
policy telling people to stay in their flats during a fire only worked
alongside other protection measures. But the standards firefighters relied on
"failed" at 01:26 GMT. A total of 72 people died as a result into the
fire on 14 June 2017 in North Kensington, west London. Read more on the BBC
website.
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