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A firefighter inspects the damage after a fire engulfed the 24-storey Grenfell Tower in west London, June 14, 2017
FIREFIGHTERS have warned that new government guidelines on evacuating high-rise buildings have left residents “vulnerable to further Grenfell-style tragedies.”
The Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 left 72 people dead and a public inquiry called for new government guidelines on evacuation.
After a delay of four years, the government has introduced guidance which the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) said contains “little of substance.”
YVETTE WILLIAMS and JOE DELANEY dissect the institutional dawdling that rubbed salt into the Grenfell open wounds prolonging the agony of survivors
Since 2010, one in five firefighter jobs has disappeared alongside 30% funding cuts — all while climate breakdown brings record blazes and flooding. It’s time to fund our fire service properly, writes FBU general secretary STEVE WRIGHT
