A SENIOR fire engineer did not think that the cladding on Grenfell Tower would pose problems to fire safety during early discussions about the refurbishment of the block. 

Clare Barker, the former principal fire engineer at Exova, told the inquiry into the disaster today that she had not raised the need for a separate fire safety assessment to be made for the proposed cladding system.

Exova produced the fire safety strategy, a set of measures encompassing fire precautions and protections, for the proposed works of the building in 2012-13.