Dr Lane said that the stay put policy had "substantially failed" by - less than 30 minutes after the first firefighters were at the scene. Some people ignored the stay put advice and made it down the stairs to safety. A total of 65 people were rescued from the building by firefighters.
But in desperation, other residents went upwards and sought refuge in flats of friends and neighbours on the upper floors. Twenty-four people died on the top floor of the tower block. By , multiple internal fires could be seen burning inside the building. At fire had spread to the south side of the tower and by it was reported that the eastern side of the building was "fully involved in fire".
The stay put advice was finally abandoned at , when the incident commander gave the order to "advise people to make efforts to leave the building. Counsel to the Grenfell inquiry Richard Millet QC told the 4 June hearing that people managed to evacuate before , but only 36 after the stay put guidance was abandoned. By , the fire had reached the western side. At this point, some 63 flats were on fire and more than people remained in the building.
At the whole building was engulfed, with more than flats on fire. The blaze did not burn itself out until BST on Thursday - 24 hours later.
The most significant part of the renovation of Grenfell Tower was the addition of external cladding. This consisted of aluminium sheets bonded to a central plastic polyethylene core.
In his report to the public inquiry, Professor Luke Bisby said evidence "strongly supports" the theory that the polyethylene material in the cladding was the primary cause of the fire's spread. The polyethylene filler material is expected to release large amounts of energy during combustion". His report also suggests that vertical cavities within the cladding structure played a role in the spread of the fire, as did the insulation, although evidence was inconclusive.
A number of other flammable materials, including a polyurethane polymer foam insulation board which pre-dated the refurbishment were also present and may have contributed, Prof. Bisby found. In her report, fire expert Dr Barbara Lane identifies combustible materials used in the refurbishment of the tower's windows as another factor in allowing the fire to spread.
The Grenfell Inquiry has also heard that the building's smoke extraction system was not working, and that firefighters experienced problems with the water supply because there was no 'wet riser' - a water-filled pipe running up the building to be used in the event of fire. Giving evidence to the inquiry, Dr Lane said exposed gas pipes installed in were another contributory factor, while none of the flat doors met current fire resistance standards. Work done on the lifts in and left them unfit for evacuating vulnerable residents and aiding the emergency response, Dr Lane said.
The final death toll from the blaze is now recorded as 72 people. They include six members of the Choucair Family and five members of the Hashim Family, who lived on the 22nd floor.
Five members of the El-Wahabi family died on the 21st floor. The youngest victim was six-month old baby Leena Belkadi, who died in her mother's arms as she tried to escape. The oldest victim is believed to be year-old Sheila from the 16th floor, who had lived in Grenfell Tower for 34 years.
Baby Logan Gomes, who was stillborn in hospital on 14 June the morning after the fire, is also included in the toll.
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Show all. You can see the proposed ideas can be found at lancwestrefurb. Grenfell Tower was ravaged by fire in the early hours of 14 June The fire was started by a malfunctioning fridge-freezer, but spread rapidly across the metre-high block due to its flammable exterior cladding. The tower continues to loom over the neighbourhood in North Kensington, shrouded in protective sheeting decorated with a green heart.
Its site has been under the control of the ministry of housing, communities and local government since after the police released the site as a crime scene.
An official inquiry into the event is still ongoing after it was suspended last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The news of its pending demolition has caused an uproar among survivors and bereaved families. Grenfell United , the organisation that represents them, said it was "shocked" by the plans. In a statement , the group said the Grenfell community accepted the removal of the tower, but that the demolition timeline should be decided by the "bereaved, survivors and the community, not the government".
Marcio Gomes, a father of a stillborn baby that died as a result of the tragedy, described the situation as "inhumane and brutal". Action group Grenfell Next of Kin , which represents 29 of the fire's victims, has previously suggested allowing the structure to be taken over by nature , inspired by the work of Italian architect Stefano Boeri and his vertical forests.
The news of Grenfell Tower's demolition comes after a fire broke out in a tower block Milan and engulfed its exterior cladding. However, all of the residents who were in their apartments were safely evacuated.
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