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Grenfell five years on – forever in our hearts
There is an acute sense of abandonment in North Kensington, where the worst post-war fire in Britain has left a legacy of distrust between residents and an uncaring local authority. ANN CZERNIK reports
Grenfell

ON JUNE 14 2017, in the early hours of the morning, an ordinary kitchen fire was the catalyst for a social catastrophe of an unprecedented scale. 

The effects of this extraordinary occurence upon the communities living in close proximity to the Grenfell fire disaster will not be fully understood for decades to come. 

This event took place in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea where some of the world’s wealthiest and Britain’s poorest coexist in an atmostphere of mistrust, mutual contempt and suspicion. 

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