The Grenfell Enquiry

The long overdue Grenfell Enquiry began this week. It is set to take four years to complete.

The Grenfell Tower Inquiry is an independent public inquiry, set up to examine the circumstances leading up to and surrounding the fire at Grenfell Tower. Here’s everything you need to know.

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Phase 1 was completed on 12 December 2018. The report from Phase 1, expected to be published in the spring of 2019, is now postponed till October 2019.

Phase 2, due to start in 2020 could last up to 2 years

The Grenfell Inquiry could take years – but social landlords must act today

COMMENT 16/05/19 BY PETER APPS (Source: Inside Housing)

The Grenfell Inquiry is set to run on for years and the first round of recommendations will be limited. But that does not mean action to make buildings safe should be delayed, writes Peter Apps

The Documentary: Flat 113 at Grenfell Tower (BBC)

On 14 June 2017, a fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in West London; it caused 72 deaths and more than 70 others were injured and 223 people escaped.

On the fourteenth floor of Grenfell Tower, firefighters moved eight residents into one flat – 113. Only four would survive. Piecing together evidence from phase one of the Grenfell Tower Public Inquiry, Katie Razzell tries to understand what went wrong that night in flat 113.

The answer reveals a catalogue of errors which could help explain the wider disaster.

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