yet for david badillo it became a way to possibly save a life.r—old girl on her own and, you know, ijust wanted to go and get her out. jessica urbano ramirez‘s flat was on the 20th floor. would it be right to say that you were on a personal rescue mission? yeah. he had been given the keys and he went up in the lift. he told no—one what he was doing. the doors opened and a big rush of black smoke filled the lift. he was five floors short. what did you think of that? that i'm in trouble here. somehow he managed to get down the stairs, but then, amid the chaos on the ground, david badillo grabbed breathing gear and went back in, with colleagues, up the stairs to jessica's flat. there was a bigger room with a big window and the whole window was an orange flame on the outside. jessica wasn't there. he never found her. she didn't survive. there was another difficult question. did you knock on the door or shout to anybody who might be inside flat 175? that flat next door to jessica's. to the family of the people in flat 175, i was looking for another gi

yet, for david badillo, it became a way to possibly save a life.e 12—year—old girl on her own and, you know, ijust wanted to go and get her out. jessica urbano ramirez‘s flat was on the 20th floor. would it be right to say that you were on a personal rescue mission? yeah. he'd been given the keys and he went up in the lift. he told no—one what he was doing. the doors opened and a big rush of black smoke filled the lift. he was five floors short. what did you think of that? that i'm in trouble here. somehow he managed to get down the stairs, but then, amid the chaos on the ground, david badillo grabbed breathing gear and went back in with colleagues up the stairs to jessica's flat. it was a bigger room with a big window and the whole window was an orange flame on the outside. jessica wasn't there. he never found her. she didn't survive. and there was another difficult question. did you knock on the door or shout to anybody who might be inside flat 175? that flat, next door to jessica's. to the family of the people in flat 175, i was looking for anot

yet for david badillo the grenfell lift became a way to possibly save a life.d girl on her own and, you know, i just wanted to go and get her out. jessica urbano ramirez‘s flat was on the 20th floor. would it be right to say that you were on a personal rescue mission? yeah. he had been given the keys to the flat. he went up in the lift. he told no—one what he was doing. the doors opened and a big rush of black smoke filled the lift. he was five floors short. what did you think of that? that i'm in trouble here. somehow he managed to get down the stairs, but then, amid the chaos on the ground, david badillo grabbed breathing gear and went back in, with colleagues, up to jessica's flat. there was a bigger room with a big window and the whole window was an orange flame on the outside. butjessica wasn't there. he never found her and she didn't survive. it's all right, mr badillo, it's really difficult for you, i quite understand that. his pain was obvious at today's hearing. and his witness statement sets out his anger at the difficulties he and today's evidence hi

yet for david badillo the grenfell lift became a way to possibly save a life.essica urbano ramirez‘s flat was on the 20th floor. would it be right to say that you were on a personal rescue mission? yeah. he had been given the keys to the flat. he went up in the lift. he told no—one what he was doing. the doors opened and a big rush of black smoke filled the lift. he was five floors short. what did you think of that? that i‘m in trouble here. somehow he managed to get down the stairs, but then, amid the chaos on the ground, david badillo grabbed breathing gear and went back in, with colleagues, up to jessica‘s flat. there was a bigger room with a big window and the whole window was an orange flame on the outside. butjessica wasn‘t there. he never found her and she didn‘t survive. it's all right, mr badillo, it's really difficult for you, i quite understand that. his pain was obvious at today‘s hearing. and his witness statement sets out his anger at the difficulties he and his colleagues faced that night. today‘s evidence highlighted yet another problem, at crit

we know that david badillo did go up with colleagues into the tower to find jessica and he went to theere. the information had not filtered back that she had made an emergency call and had moved to the 23rd floor, or, sadly, she died. there were communications problems, many of the radios were not working. the union has given us a statement saying this isa has given us a statement saying this is a problem that has been long—running and it is reflected by the two firefighters today, this is something well—known and happening for a long time and according to the fire brigades‘ union, they have been telling fire services this problem needs to be addressed and lessons have not been learned from previous fires. tom burridge, thank you. the public enquiry into the grenfell tower fire. a 12th floor tower block fire has been brought under control in mile end, east london. london fire brigade said that half of a flat in grafton house was alight, and around a0 people had left the building before firefighters arrived. the cause of the fire is now being investigated. one of the nurses who worked a

david badillo told the public inquiry that after learning about jessica's death, he "cried every day"cause he when he went out the building, he passed jessica's sister who, said can you rescue her. here are the keys. he went up once on his own without breathing equipment to try and get to the 20th floor where the flat was. he said the lift stopped at the 15th floor. five floors short and it filled with smoke. he described how he thought he was in trouble at that moment. how thick black smoke came into the lift. he got out and went down by the stairs and found his way out. he described looking up at the building for the first time. he had been inside and he was shocked, like many other firefighters, about the speed at which the fire had spread three quarters of the way already up the building. he went to speak to his watch manager, who we have already heard evidence from at the inquiry. and he said, we need more resources. he was instrumental in the decision to up grade the incident to a 25 pump incident. that means it was worthy of 25 fire engines. he was asked by the barrister questi