Grenfell Tower Fire Inquiry Report

the grenfell tower fire of 2017 which claimed 72 lives resulted from a combination of governmental failur corporate dishonesty and inadequate fire service strategy according to the final report of a six-year public inquiry the report traces a path to disaster stretching back to the 1990s criticizing successive UK governments for ignoring or delaying actions to address fire safety concerns in high-rise buildings it highlighted the system atic dishonesty of Manufacturers who supplied combustible materials for the towers cladding including one company that knowingly concealed the fire risks key findings include widespread corporate misconduct with manufacturers misleading safety standards and deliberately concealing fire risks and failures by the London fire brigade which lacked proper evacuation strategies additionally the tenant management organization overseeing grenfell and the local Council were accused of persistent indifference to fire safety particularly concerning vulnerable residents the inquiry recommends establishing a single construction regulator revising fire safety protocols improving firefighter training and introducing stricter oversight of building materials it also stresses the need for reforms in how high-risk buildings are approved and maintained calling for a comprehensive review of the London fire brigade and local emergency response protocols the inquiry concludes that Fire Safety Management in England Eng land and Wales is seriously defective