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Toxic regulations, not the fire brigade, are to blame for the Grenfell deaths

2 November 2019

9:00 AM

2 November 2019

9:00 AM

It has been bizarre to hear the London Fire Brigade taking the brunt of the blame for the deaths of 72 people at Grenfell Tower. Its commissioner Dany Cotton certainly deserves condemnation for persisting in telling residents to stay put when it ought to have been clear early on that fire was engulfing the building and it needed to be evacuated.

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