mahad is here. he escaped with his wife and two very young children and mahad's 15—year—old nephew.nance expert, a housing expert. is that happening? are there teams of those people? the only people we see every day, every day, the charity organisations, friendly neighbourhoods. we don't see anybody except the stewards and people that are working there. see anybody except the stewards and people that are working therem that a surprise to you? disappointment, not surprise. disappointed. initially when mum was at the hotel she was upstairs consta ntly at the hotel she was upstairs constantly because she got hurt trying to escape. now she comes downstairs. the people that she says apart from the survivors are the volunteers and these people have been incredible. i can't say thank you enough. everything my mum has got everything she is wearing is from them actually going out. they come in and ask, what size are you? what do you want? what do you need? they go out and get these things. those are the people that are downstairs. no professionals are downstairs. no professionals are downsta

just after the fire, we both spoke to lucy we both spoke to mahad, a resident and an eyewitness. it could be tackled, that half the building wouldn't be affected. though what bollards that we re affected. though what bollards that were blocking — — affected. though what bollards that were blocking —— vert there where pollard is blocking the access. that account came a few hours after the fire, so mahad would not have been able to read newspapers or watch tv news reports. 0ther eyewitnesses we spoke to had similar accounts. yesterday, we spoke to a reverend in one of the churches near the site of the fire, and he said he saw at least one car that had to be dragged away by the fire brigade to allow them access to the site, so more indications that access was some sort of issue that night. and what do the council and the fire service say? we asked the council to come on the programme, but they said, we don't think it is right to make comments until the issue has been discussed with the police and the enquiry. the london fire brigade, distinct from the union, have said, it is inevita

mahad egal isn't alone — almost all of the men, women and children affected by the fire still livingsome are worried if they take up the offer it mightjeapordisde their chances of getting a new luxury flat in the heart of kensington. our reporterjim reed has been looking into this. jim what have you found out? the authorities say they have contacted every single household. 158 housing assessment is taking place. 139 have been offered some form of temporary accommodation. not permanent accommodation. six months sorry to help get people back on their feet. just 14 have accepted that offer. the kind of accommodation. two bedroom flat in chelsea. viewed by one of the families earlier this week. we understand under the terms of the arrangement, the government and local council has said all rent, council tax bills will be paid for after 12 months, after 12 months they will be expected to pay a standard social rent on the property. let's go through the reasons why they're not taking up the offers. we spoke to around 20 survivors yesterday. most people are saying it is because of the distanc