grenfell action group predict that it won't be long before the words of this blog come back to haunt kctmohaven't been warned. they were warned several times. countless times. they were before before the regeneration. they were warned during the regeneration. they were warned after the regeneration. they were warned probably until the day before the fire and what did they do about it? they did nothing. they were ignored, sir, weren't they? they said there would be a catastrophe and there was. sadly, there has been acatastrophe, i don't think anybody can deny there's been a catastrophe, but what's concerning me and the council at this stage is first of all why the fire started and secondly why it spread so quickly. that rapid spread meant firefighters were walking into a multi—storey inferno — a situation they had never seen before. that's a real block. 0h, bleep. jesus. how's that possible? it's jumped up along the flats. bleep. that was housing. i've never heard of an incident where people are actually discussing the possibility that people might not come out. despite that, large numbers

believes that only a catastrophic event will expose the inept and incompetence of our landlord, the kctmoisation, and bring an end to the dangerous living conditions and neglect of health and safety legislation that they inflict upon their tenants and leaseholders." it was posted last november. we repeatedly reported concerns to the tenant management organisation of the royal borough of kensington & chelsea, including fire safety concerns which were not investigated during the regeneration works. they included concerns about this advice to residents to stay put inside a flat if there was a fire outside. there were also reports of faulty safety equipment, power surges and inadequate fire alarms. the tower is owned by the council, but in the i990s the tenants management 0rganisation took over. professional managers joined by a board of tenants and councillors, including judith blakeman, she says she repeatedly argued on behalf of worried residents. they just kept saying, "we are very concerned about it. we've not been properly reassured. we would like an independent reassurance to put our m

believe that only a catastrophic event will expose the ineptitude and incompetence of our landlord, the kctmoand bring an end to the dangerous living conditions and neglect of health and safety legislation that they inflict upon their tenants and leaseholders." this is what bloomberg reports that theresa may's immigration minister brandon lewis was formerly the housing minister in a position he declined to require developers to install sprinklers. >> well, look. this isn't new to us. inther area south of london, 2009, caught fire and we had six fatalites there. the expert corner on that case, her recommendationsns were that sprinklers become mandatory, part of health and safety -- fire safety regulations for high-rise buildings. note recommendations were enacted and they were left as optional elements. in ourion-wise, it says fire and safety regulations that as long as they meet the overall requirements, the developers are fine. that is what we see in grenfell tower. it is not that grenfell tower did not go through safety checks. it did. there were 16 independent inspections of that building,

last year kctmo put its fire safety policy under review.ous living conditions. they said a catastrophic event will expose the ineptitude and incompetence of their landlord. we can speak with our reporter, jim reed, looking into some of the questions that need answering. 0f course, the first, how could this happen? exactly, investigators are going to spend months, if not longer, looking into the causes of the fire. at this early stage, people are looking at the speed at which the fire spread, simply should not happen in a modern tower block, even one which has been refurbished, should not catch fire and should not spread that quickly, that is what experts tell us. yesterday one of the original with the original architect spoke with us. in 1974, he worked on it in the late 1960s, even he described it as incomprehensible that it burned so quickly, we built a concrete building and simply quickly, we built a concrete building and - simply does building and concrete simply does not burn like that. what went wrong? it is not yet confirmed, a lot o