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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.”
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