london fire brigade‘s commissioner, dany cotton, told the inquiry she'd never witnessed anything likethat it was alien to anything she'd ever seen. the block itself had only been refurbished a year before. tom symonds looks at the factors which led to the fire spreading so quickly. the original grenfell tower, built in the 1970s from reinforced concrete, which doesn't burn. after all, buildings like this were designed to stop fires spreading. take one flat, this is black 16, whether grenfell fire started. it was like a concrete box which should have contained any small fire, but then the building was refurbished. the windows were changed, with new, deeper plastic frames and insulation around them, both flammable. the inquiry‘s main theory is that this provided an escape route for flames to the outside, where cladding had been added, containing more plastic. this too burnt rapidly, turning a kitchen fire into an inferno. there was a catastrophic failure of the rainscreen cladding in terms of its ability to resist the fire spread across the walls of the building. all of the relevant exp

dany cotton, the head of london fire brigade, said that that was something she felt was very importanttalk to because what they went through that night, i mean, a firefighter on the best of daysis mean, a firefighter on the best of days is a hard job that most of us wouldn't be able to do, let alone on a night like that, seeing what they did and experiencing what they did, a lot of the needed help to come to terms with experiencing what happened that night. so many people receiving counselling, therapy, talking to people at churches, at mosques, in the wider community, teachers at school, gps, so many people offering help to people here. actually, earlier during the march and at the service there were volu nteers and at the service there were volunteers from the nhs as well wearing green t—shirts saying "nhs wearing green t—shirts saying "nhs we are here to help" and they were mental health workers the nhs sent here to speak to people who were suffering and struggling to cope with today. there were people available for people to speak to. we spoke to somebody a little earlier here on b

london fire brigade's commissioner, dany cotton, told the inquiry she'd never witnessed anything like. it was alien to anything she had ever seen. the tower itself had only been refurbished a year before. daniela relph looks at why and how the fire spread so quickly. the concrete rental power as it was built in the early 1970s —— grenfell tower. after a refurbishment in 2016, the building was wrapped in cladding. an expert report presented to the inquiry today said the cladding did not comply with building orfire regulations. tests showed just how quickly it caught fire. the cladding with integration covered by an exterior rain shield. the makers of that say those doing the refurbishment should have known it was not fire resistant. they accept that this product was not limited, but stability for the purposes of the building regulations and their position was that this should have been obvious to any construction professional. but the report author said no one noticed the dangers also doctor barbara layne wrote... as pa rt of as part of the refurbishment, all of the windows were also r

in a statement to the inquiry today, london fire brigade‘s commissioner dany cotton said she'd neverke the grenfell fire. the tower itself had only been refurbished a year before. 0ur correspondent tom symonds looks at the factors which led to the fire spreading so quickly. the original grenfell tower, built in the 19705 from reinforced concrete, which doesn't burn. after all, buildings like this were designed to stop fires spreading. take one flat, this is black 16, whether grenfell fire started. it was like a concrete box which should have contained any small fire, but then the building was refurbished. the windows were changed, with new, deeper plastic frames and insulation around them, both flammable. the inquiry‘s main theory is that this provided an escape route for flames to the outside, where cladding had been added, containing more plastic. this, too, but rapidly, turning a kitchen fire into an inferno. there was a catastrophic failure of the main screen cladding in terms of its ability to resist the fire spread gci’oss ability to resist the fire spread across the walls of t

london fire brigade‘s commissioner, dany cotton, told the inquiry she'd never witnessed anything likefire, that it was alien to anything she'd ever seen. the block itself had only been refurbished a year before. daniela relph looks at why and how the fire spread so quickly. the concrete grenfell tower, as it was built in the early 1970s. after a refurbishment, finished in 2016, the building was wrapped in cladding. an expert report presented to the inquiry today said the cladding did not comply with building orfire regulations. tests showed just how quickly it caught fire. the cladding was insulation covered by an exterior rain shield. the makers of that shield say those doing the refurbishment should have known it was not fire resistant. they accept that this product was not limited combustibility for the purposes of the building regulations and their position was that this should have been obvious to any construction professional. but the report author said no one noticed the dangers also doctor barbara lane wrote... as part of the refurbishment, all of the windows were also replace

watched dany morning of the fire when i watched da ny cotto n morning of the fire when i watched dany cottoned a horizon, some hope, and that has been very much the case. cornwall responded with a flood of accommodation offers and we have been bringing people since six weeks after the fire, sometimes in groups and sometimes individually. it is about making new memories, having a time asa about making new memories, having a time as a family that is after the fire so that you can save, "remember when," and it not be something that was before that. time to grieve, that song talks about it and it is only when you have time that you can do that. and when we reflect on why the fire happens it is healing in itself to be seen in your need and to be met, it is really significant. we have had over 20% of the people who lived in the tower that managed to get out, as well as close neighbours who saw it and firefighters. so it feels now, wandering around today, i'm bumping into people all the time, lots of hugs. it is interesting because they feel they belong now in cornwall, and ina feel they belong now