Please please provide small parachutes in markets to people buy easy and put on their flats for emergency like this. Look people stuck on upper floor and shouting help help they are useless cause bottom and lower floors on fire they stuck. If they have parachutes they was survived. Please raise this for wake up government and provide simple parachute to people who living buildings like this ...
All those people were murdered, someone needs to be charged with either corporate manslaughter or murder. I am sure this country has someone smart enough and willing to fight for justice for all those lost soul, it is heartbreaking.
Completely agree it angers me how they blamed the firefighters they were just as traumatized and could only work with what they had, This is murder 100%
It is a crime, the cladding used is a bi-product of crude oil to make the plastic cladding, highly inflammable once on fire it gives off toxin fumes once inhaled it renders the lungs parallelised.
A very real, a very raw insight into the human tragedy, the victims and the people left behind. Thank you for this, the country needs to hear these voices, these stories.
More than simply a disaster, this was clear case of manslaughter and heads need to roll. Thank you for putting this documentary together. It is about time that tenants were treated with respect. My sincere condolences to all of those who have suffered due to this absolute lack of oversight on the part of local authories country wide. Tenants need to organise and make demands on the part of their communities.
It is a crime, the cladding used is a bi-product of crude oil to make the plastic cladding, highly inflammable once on fire it gives off toxin fumes once inhaled it renders the lungs parallelised.
This documentary was very educational and such an eye opener. I live in New York USA and had no idea the cladding that was used on the building was made in the USA. The cladding is not allowed to be used here in the USA but it's sold and made to be used out of the country. Unbelievable is this story and the idiot who changed the plans to use the flammable cladding should be forced to live in a house made with that cladding or put in a prison cell made of flammable cladding. When has it become ok to put other people's lives in danger in a situation you wouldn't put your life in or your families life in. Why has that become ok. What gets me really upset no one has taken the blame or gone to prison for this. Someone who sets a car on fire can go to prison but a whole building that went up in flames in minutes and caused almost a hundred lives is ok. Where is the justice for all these lives that were taken over using flammable materials and trying to save a few bucks. How in hell do these idiots sleep at night!!!!
Thank you so much for posting this video. I am in the USA and think about this tragedy a lot. I wish so much that the cladding had never been replaced and now I hear the doors were not safe, and of course without alarms and sprinklers. It’s just horrible what the government did, that they did not install what should have been installed. Sadly, a tragedy waiting to happen. I know nothing can bring loved ones back, but I hope the families and friends receive justice for their loss.
My heart truly goes out to all Muslims who risked their lives to help others. Love and light to all the victims who lost their lives and to all those who managed to survive but are scarred mentally and physically. Prayers to all
@@indigobuddy of course love and like to all victims, I do not favour one over the other. Perhaps I should’ve worded it differently, I do beg your pardon.
There is not a day I don’t think of Grenfell and all those who were murdered and condemned to a brutal death. My heart breaks for everyone in that block that night and the families and friends of those in that block that night.
May God bless those who lost their lifestyle, including friends 🙏 ❤ i knew. Help those who survive, rebuild their lives That night always in my memory.
This is honestly heart breaking. So many innocent people lost there lives. Whoever built this tower needs to go to prison. Cladding is extremely dangerous especially the one on this building!
It is a crime, the cladding used is a bi-product of crude oil to make the plastic cladding, highly inflammable once on fire it gives off toxin fumes once inhaled it renders the lungs parallelised.
I shouldn't say this but I will. The British Government is primarily made up of a bunch of disgusting men who are the weakest men on the entire planet. I get nearly sick every time I hear one of them open their mouth. The common people of England are fantastic. They do not deserve these grub worms running and ruining their lives.
It is a crime, the cladding used is a bi-product of crude oil to make the plastic cladding, highly inflammable once on fire it gives off toxin fumes once inhaled it renders the lungs parallelised.
This actually makes me cry. Just imagining of that was me and my family in there makes me feel so sorry and sympathetic towards everyone involved 😭 JFG
The pompousness of the English is now surely proof that they are in no position to deal with Brexit or anything in fact. This country is falling wayward and it really is time to stand up and be counted. It disgusts me what goes on, as it does many of you.
Outstanding documentary, very well worded, the people came together to care and support, but where were the government and council, how very shameful, questions need to be answered and people held accountable, people’s life is more important then the government or council’s bank accounts,
For what it is worth, the ripples of Grenfell reached the Netherlands. Many don't know it by name but know what happened. It led to renovations being looked at, i stated that with the roof and wall insulation we can wait for a horizontal Grenfell when fire rips through cavity walls. TV programs found that fire safety tests were done on walls without openings or without damages to plaster coverings. They found that some insulation needed a complete airtight cover but a mesh was used. Greed made us morally bankrupt.
It is a crime, the cladding used is a bi-product of crude oil to make the plastic cladding, highly inflammable once on fire it gives off toxin fumes once inhaled it renders the lungs parallelised.
Watching this in Jan 2021 and I'm not sure if these kinds of housing units are common in the UK, I'm in the States, but I would never live in one for this very reason. Before I heard about this tragedy, I've always been nervous of high buildings like these. This should have never happened. All those people... 😢 I just can't imagine.
I WANT JUSTICE FOR THE VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS AND CRIMINAL PROSECUTION FOR THOSE INVOLVED, THIS FIRE WAS NOT UNFORSEEN, IT WAS STRICTLY DUE TO A NEGLIGENT COUNCIL WHO BASED THERE DISDAIN FOR THESE PEOPLE BASED ON THERE CLASS ND RACE, THE PEOPLE LIVING IN GRENFELL WHERE CONSIDERED LOWER CLASS AND THEREFORE THE COUNCIL REGARDED THEM UNIMPORTANT, DO YOU THINK FOR ONE MOMMENT THE COUNCIL WOULD HAVE PUT UP FLAMMABLE CLADDING IN LUXURY FLATS THAT WELL OFF PEOPLE WANTED TO BUY, HELL NO THE COUNCIL WOULD HAVE MADE SURE NOTHING BUT THE BEST WAS PUT UP, BUT BECAUSE THE GRENFELL RESIDENTS WHERE CONSIDERED LOWER CLASS THEY MADE THE DECISION TO DO WHAT THEY DID, I AM SO ANGRY PEOPLE LOST THERE LIVES NEEDLESLY AND EVERYTHING THEY HAVE EVER OWNED PRISON SENTENCES IS THE ONLY JUSTICE RIP TO ALL I AM THINKING OF YOU ALWAYS
4 year old me almost died because I was trying to save me stuff I was on the 17th floor I was throwing things out the window trainers flying I got all my stuff out I had me tablet in my hand and ran out it took me almost 30 minutes I almost burnt to death I jumped out the window on to me blankets I have alot so just a twisted ankle im nine now and miss my old home Rip grenfell I miss you
This information is overwhelmingly heartbreaking. It so reminds me of the Horrible factory fire in the garment building in NY. USA nearly a century ago.
So many foreigners and especially Muslims in this Building , I'm gona start by giving a side eye to the owner of the fridge that exploded, was that an accident? Did the fridge have problems before? Was he careless? Doesn't he use a fridge guard/protector? The make of the fridge? The company that made the fridge? 2ndly The owner of the Building, the building is a mess with no safety measures at all. The government, does the government inspect buildings before allowing people to live there? A building that high should have so much safety measures, I suggest even outside ladders for each backside of every home , fire extinguishers, oxygen. The firemen, fire company should improvise their equipment. Increase their water and even get airplanes to rain on fire from angles that are too high. Rest in peace to the people who trusted the landlords of Grenfell with their money and their lives as well as the lives of their little babies and elderly family.
Tindi, you're absolutely right. People who live in social housing are notorious for their inability to observe simple rules (fire safety). I've personally seen the aftermath of many housefires (council houses) and it's always the same story. The tenant was careless and set his own apartment on fire. Some of the tenants don't even bother to study the manual (manuals that come with household appliances) because they've got ZERO respect for fire safety. They just don't care if the house burns down and their neighbors die. When the house actually catches fire, the negligent tenants will be the first ones to 'play victim' and complain about being traumatized. One man used to joke about his smoking habits (smoking was forbidden but he thought he was entitled to break the rules). One night he fell asleep on the sofa when he was drunk and smoking. He set HIMSELF on fire and died on the spot. A family living upstairs (family with 2 children) managed to escape.
This is a very good documentary and very well put together. I'm sorry for your loss and what your community is going through. I donated through the red cross and I will be writing to them asking what is going on with releasing the funds to the families and survivors of this terrible tragedy. You say near the start that it's the biggest British disaster for a century. I see this was released in October 2017 so the final death toll wasn't known. I would just like to draw your attention to the Hillsborough Disaster (1989) in which 96 people died and approx 500 were injured. Hillsborough like grenfell was: - preventable - there have been many suicides as a result of the disaster itself and the campaign of blame from the media and the government - there was no adequate or offered counselling for victims or survivors. It had to be sought by the victims
In another documentary, when the cladding,( cladding that was requested by the rich residents of Kensington because they complained how the building looked)was put up, TVs and other small appliances would blow out and small fires occur and the residents were ignored when they said something. The city paid for their new housing, but had the poor not been ignored, the outcome would have been far different and better.
I just don’t understand why everyone didn’t immediately evacuate as soon as the fire broke out. I understand the difficulty with smoke and flames, but people from the top floor could still make it down hours after the fire broke out. So I just wonder, why were these people advised to stay trapped at the top of a burning building. The moment that I would smell smoke, I would be out of that building. No way would I wait around, hundreds of meters high with no escape, putting my life in trusting that the fire can be put out. I noticed a similar thing with the twin towers incident - people were advised to just stay in the building. Are you kidding me? With the fight or flight response, isn’t it every humans nature to recognize a hazard turning into a disaster, and get the fuck out of there?
Fire brigade told them to. Presume fire brigade assumed the building wouldn’t burn as quickly and catastrophically as it did. And it shouldn’t have done: lack of fireproofing measures were apparently the main cause of the tragedy. A list of crimes by those with the power and the responsibility to do better.
The cladding wasn’t only a death trap that was flammable but was also water resistant according to a firefighter that was their which made harder to put out as well as releasing cyianide .
They should have handled this situation like the Queen, William, Kate, Harry and all the other royals were in there. Terrible that Britain let this happen...gross misconduct on many levels...may their souls rest in perfect peace
This fire was one of the most ghastly things I have ever seen and those poor people should have marched to Downing Street as a protest. This incident reflects yet again the archaic class system still prevelant in Britain. There are rumours that the cladding was used to make this tower block look nicer for all those richer people living nearby. If this is true then those responsible should be brought to justice. Who live in these monstrosities? Working class folk and immigrants - all of whom are considered so unworthy that their concerns for the safety of the building went unheeded. A sickening national scandal.
Thanks for posting this is so tragic and it seems to be just swept under the carpet so sad families literally burnt alive in front of there community and that's just that I will never forget this will always be in my heart
I get the impression there 2 building code standards. If its socialized housing, fire alarms, sprinklers, fire doors and building safety are exempt. If it's not socialized, then all the aspects of making a building safe are required.
Game of politics, democracy and hierarchy ... The poor will never have a voice and the rich will continue to live the luxurious lives they live all served on a silver platter to them. The fact that concerns over the grenfell tower raised by the residents fell on deaf ears says something about the government we put our trust in.
I asked the following 2 questions to the grenfell enquiry: "Dear Sirs, I would like to ask who decided that it was safe to change the old metal glass windows for the new plastic double glazed windows? and was a fire risk assessment carried out for this alteration. I would also like to ask has the electrical voltage harmonisation regulations lead to any increase in white goods fires like the one that started the fire in Grenfell Tower. thank you yours sincerely " I received this answer: "Thank you very much for taking the time to contact us. Unfortunately whilst hearings are still in progress we are unable to answer your specific questions. All findings/rulings will be made public as can be seen here within the rulings section on our website. Evidence that has been disclosed to the public is published on the Inquiry's website when it has been adduced at a hearing. You can access this via the evidence page. The search function allows you to filter by witness and evidence type. Videos and transcripts of all hearings can be found on our hearings page. The Inquiry Terms of Reference and List of Issues show lines of investigation the Inquiry will follow which is likely to evolve as the Inquiry progresses. As you will see this covers Issue 4 decisions about alterations to the exterior of the building, including the windows, will be explored. To follow the Inquiry’s progress please do check our website. You can also Follow us on Twitter. Kind regards Grenfell Tower Inquiry - Correspondence Team E: contact@grenfelltowerinquiry.org.uk T: 0207 842 3583 II 0800 121 4282 Holborn Bars, 138-142 Holborn, EC1N 2SW www.grenfelltowerinquiry.org.uk/ " I have not yet received an answer to my questions.
I lived in Pinter house in Stockwell during my childhood and identify totally with the Grenfell residents. I understand how vulnerable it feels living in a high rise with only one steep and narrow stairwell as a means of escape..its disastrous.. It always frightened me living on the 19th floor, with lifts always breaking down.I feel the pain of the families who have lost everything and felt their terror as the fire spread. ..My heart is heavy hearing all this anger from BLM about racism....Nothing can excuse treating another human less than yourself Racism is abhorant,.and must be called out .We are all victims of discrimination if poverty or ethnicity or culture fall under the cruel policies of government..the Grenfell family and communities around them should remind those who are trying to divide us that we have each others backs no matter where we are from,what religion we follow ..Please .Don't fall into this trap which seeks to create fighting amongst ourselves...it is in order to distract us from the criminal activities of Government,whilst stripping more and more of our rights from us....Peace and love my brothers and sisters
The council seems to be a joke. All of those people lost their lives because they were concerned about money. They should be held liable for each count as murder for their negligence
The owners of the company responsible for the cladding have recently donated MILLIONS to the Conservative party... they are literally paying their way out of culpability.
They wouldn't be able to gain entry to the flat without the tenant living there plus it engulfed very quickly cladding is a death trap that was in the building cheap shit that killed 72 people common sense would tell the government its extremely flammable why could they just not left it how it was made of brick
Was it really a fridge?? Its all questionable, as its never been properly investigated if it ever was a fridge?? But even if it was... it spread quickly due to the infamous inflammable ilegal cladding put on the building. Do think it was preplanned.
From what I found out a few years later, and the fireman's video....they went in the flat, to hey saw a small fire and put it out. What they could not see ,was the cladding had just caught fire outside, so when they got back down and outside, the fire was burning out of control fast and wildly up the building. HORRIBLE
I can't help but wonder if this for instance had been HSBC headquarters in Central London which had burned to the ground, Government response would have been MUCH quicker and I bet you all the money in the world that the government would have opened up their chequebooks ASAP to help out without even blinking. Indeed, when 9/11 happened it was front page news for months and whilst it was horrific, in a way this was worse as you had so many young children and whole families dying yet it is main news for a few weeks now all of a sudden it is barely mentioned in the media here in the UK.
The Council was apparently working behind the scenes, albeit it in a limited manner, through the community partners because the relationship between it and the residents was so poor Council members didn’t dare show their faces for fear of being set upon, which they would’ve been. It reached that point because the local govt, via the Council, had the underlying, sinister motive of taking the community’s land for private development. It had ostracized the community, trying to protect its true motives and to keep from being thwarted.
Good documentary, but this event didn't take place in north west london and there is no road called grenfell road. It was west london (north kensington), in latimer road. Thanks
I remember watching the news and it was the first time in my life I had ever heard of these type of instructions coming from the Fire Department. It's always get out of the building ASAP and they provide trainings for building tenants regardless of what safety features were installed in the building from where I came from.
I’m uncomfortable with the feeling of hate but I will tolerate that discomfort when it comes to those responsible for this unavoidable catastrophic fail.
It is a crime, the cladding used is a bi-product of crude oil to make the plastic cladding, highly inflammable once on fire it gives off toxin fumes once inhaled it renders the lungs parallelised.
My heart breaks this should never of happened they ignored everybody’s pleas about the dangers innocent lives were lost many grieving family’s family’s left without a home the firefighters did all that they could it was a furnace ,many community’s from all walks of live came together and helped it shows you that we can all get along , yet nobody has been brought to justice how do they sleep at night rip to all those that passed
This is horrendous. Councils should hang their heads in shame. How about the councillors donate their huge pay packets to those who have lost everything !!!
The result of the ongoing enquiry will be 'lessons will be learnt'. All councillors keep their gold plated pension pots, no one from the council will be prosecuted. Whoever decided to wrap an entire building in combustible material is responsible - no penalty. The Rock Fielding Melon guy could not give 2 hoots. His actions have shown that.
I remember turning on the tv and couldn't believe what I was seeing, My mum and I didn't speak we just watched in horror, This is the worst disaster to have hit the uk in the last 20 years, High rise flats should be illegal, I'm guessing the deaths are easy in the hundreds probably 2_3 hundred, When you consider there were 600 people in that flat that in itself is ridiculous
I blame the fire brigade because they told people to stay in their flats instead of trying to save their own lives. Why aren’t people being prosecuted?
The stay put response is supposed to be used to prevent stampedes and panic, only if the fire is under control, but not when the fire is raging out of control like in Grenfell
The interviewee is very eloquent... and sadly...very correct in his observations...80+ killed...shameful at the least...simply murder in reality...greed equals death...
It is a crime, the cladding used is a bi-product of crude oil to make the plastic cladding, highly inflammable once on fire it gives off toxin fumes once inhaled it renders the lungs parallelised.
I can’t read the full report, it’s almost 1700 pages, but I have read the ~40 page executive summary. I keep thinking that it can’t get any worse, but each time that new facts come out, it does. You will never completely stop fires breaking out, but this should have been a small fire, confined to just one flat, or even just one room, quickly and easily dealt with, and as the report concluded, all of the deaths were avoidable. It’s very worrying that there are still hundreds of people living in other equally unsafe buildings. My thoughts are with all those affected by this tragedy. The woman who says she has been 29 years with the fire service doesn’t look old enough; she must have been very young when she started.
4:28 every time i see that photo, it gets me all the time. Two happy couples perished together, she was a good looking girl, cant believe she's gone :(
Things need to change in this country and grenfell tower Disaster should never happen and the our government to grow up and learning to 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Please please provide small parachutes in markets to people buy easy and put on their flats for emergency like this. Look people stuck on upper floor and shouting help help they are useless cause bottom and lower floors on fire they stuck. If they have parachutes they was survived. Please raise this for wake up government and provide simple parachute to people who living buildings like this ...
Very eye opening and emotional documentary. Thank you for posting.
Molly -Madaki why did residents not leave at one am?
Irene Davo so many questions to ask but no answers given by those it concerns
Please please provide small parachutes in markets to people buy easy and put on their flats for emergency like this. Look people stuck on upper floor and shouting help help they are useless cause bottom and lower floors on fire they stuck. If they have parachutes they was survived. Please raise this for wake up government and provide simple parachute to people who living buildings like this ...
@@multiverse2301 Well that wouldn't save anyone.
How you can say this ? give me reason why not ?
The worst thing about watching this documentary 6 years on is that theres still no change or justice!!
The biggest injustice of our lifetime!!! 💔
All those people were murdered, someone needs to be charged with either corporate manslaughter or murder. I am sure this country has someone smart enough and willing to fight for justice for all those lost soul, it is heartbreaking.
Completely agree it angers me how they blamed the firefighters they were just as traumatized and could only work with what they had, This is murder 100%
It is a crime, the cladding used is a bi-product of crude oil to make the plastic cladding, highly inflammable once on fire it gives off toxin fumes once inhaled it renders the lungs parallelised.
yes you right must be justice for this murder
Murder? Perhaps you wanna put your emotions aside before such a claim?
The Tory government. Anyone who votes them in after this shambolic 12 years needs a slap. Pure disrespect, they are laughing at us all.
God bless those who died and to those who survived but lost everything, may the lord be with you all.
Obviously god doesn't have any control does he.
@frankie lola jenna and layla save Ukraine rode to7 change that profile picture 🤢
A very real, a very raw insight into the human tragedy, the victims and the people left behind. Thank you for this, the country needs to hear these voices, these stories.
My heart breaks again watching this. Nearly 5 years and still no justice. RIP all those beautiful and innocent souls ❤️
More than simply a disaster, this was clear case of manslaughter and heads need to roll. Thank you for putting this documentary together. It is about time that tenants were treated with respect. My sincere condolences to all of those who have suffered due to this absolute lack of oversight on the part of local authories country wide. Tenants need to organise and make demands on the part of their communities.
R.I.P People Who didn't survive :(
This cladding is in Australia and we are in the process of changing it.
It is a crime, the cladding used is a bi-product of crude oil to make the plastic cladding, highly inflammable once on fire it gives off toxin fumes once inhaled it renders the lungs parallelised.
Bring justice for those people! That was their home!!! They deserve the world. Rest in peace❤️❤️
This documentary was very educational and such an eye opener. I live in New York USA and had no idea the cladding that was used on the building was made in the USA. The cladding is not allowed to be used here in the USA but it's sold and made to be used out of the country. Unbelievable is this story and the idiot who changed the plans to use the flammable cladding should be forced to live in a house made with that cladding or put in a prison cell made of flammable cladding. When has it become ok to put other people's lives in danger in a situation you wouldn't put your life in or your families life in. Why has that become ok. What gets me really upset no one has taken the blame or gone to prison for this. Someone who sets a car on fire can go to prison but a whole building that went up in flames in minutes and caused almost a hundred lives is ok. Where is the justice for all these lives that were taken over using flammable materials and trying to save a few bucks. How in hell do these idiots sleep at night!!!!
Thank you so much for posting this video. I am in the USA and think about this tragedy a lot. I wish so much that the cladding had never been replaced and now I hear the doors were not safe, and of course without alarms and sprinklers. It’s just horrible what the government did, that they did not install what should have been installed. Sadly, a tragedy waiting to happen. I know nothing can bring loved ones back, but I hope the families and friends receive justice for their loss.
Thank you. I'm afraid justice will never come.
Sadly that's usually how it works.
Tory government. Embarrassingly dense people will still vote them in.
My heart truly goes out to all Muslims who risked their lives to help others. Love and light to all the victims who lost their lives and to all those who managed to survive but are scarred mentally and physically.
Prayers to all
what about the victims who weren’t muslim? no love and light for them?
@@indigobuddy of course love and like to all victims, I do not favour one over the other. Perhaps I should’ve worded it differently, I do beg your pardon.
There is not a day I don’t think of Grenfell and all those who were murdered and condemned to a brutal death. My heart breaks for everyone in that block that night and the families and friends of those in that block that night.
May God bless those who lost their lifestyle, including friends 🙏 ❤ i knew. Help those who survive, rebuild their lives That night always in my memory.
rest in peace I will never forget this sad sad tragedy
It's in these moments that our differences become non existent. We all feel pain. My heart breaks for every soul involved.
This is honestly heart breaking. So many innocent people lost there lives. Whoever built this tower needs to go to prison. Cladding is extremely dangerous especially the one on this building!
Thank you for posting Ahlulbayt. And thank to all coworkers of this video. This documentary is an eyeopener.
From Germany with thanks.
Yes, still cry 3years later, please justicecfir those souls what arrogance, in Boris , disgraceful
Thank you, my friends , always in my memories ❤
2020 and still breaks my heart 💔
It is a crime, the cladding used is a bi-product of crude oil to make the plastic cladding, highly inflammable once on fire it gives off toxin fumes once inhaled it renders the lungs parallelised.
I shouldn't say this but I will. The British Government is primarily made up of a bunch of disgusting men who are the weakest men on the entire planet. I get nearly sick every time I hear one of them open their mouth. The common people of England are fantastic. They do not deserve these grub worms running and ruining their lives.
And women, they are satanist´s, take care.
Men AND women
DAJORIVISION: bugger off!
spot on my friend
R.I.P. 72 ANGELS ❤
Immigrant types getting free accommodation in the heart of London should not expect luxury or the latest health and safety.
Absolutely gut wrenching watching this....so so sad
I just want to cry and feel for those affected by Grenfell. Rest in peace to all of those
I don't know how the person that authorised the use of that cladding sleeps at night. They knew it was flammable
As soon as you are in a situation like that get out!! Don’t listen to people who say stay there!! Go!!
Still remembering them in June 14th 2020 :(
It is a crime, the cladding used is a bi-product of crude oil to make the plastic cladding, highly inflammable once on fire it gives off toxin fumes once inhaled it renders the lungs parallelised.
Thank you to those people who brought food and drinks :)
Yeah
This actually makes me cry. Just imagining of that was me and my family in there makes me feel so sorry and sympathetic towards everyone involved 😭 JFG
You see, humans can work as one. So why does it take a disaster to get people to work as one.
It is most sad :(.
The pompousness of the English is now surely proof that they are in no position to deal with Brexit or anything in fact.
This country is falling wayward and it really is time to stand up and be counted. It disgusts me what goes on, as it does many of you.
I live on the 9th floor of a tower block....now the council have bricked up my bathroom window.. i AM TERRIFIED
WilliamZeebub That is illegal , contact your local mp and kick up a fuss, keep going
Outstanding documentary, very well worded, the people came together to care and support, but where were the government and council, how very shameful, questions need to be answered and people held accountable, people’s life is more important then the government or council’s bank accounts,
RIP. I hope the families left can find peace and I want them to get the govt to admit to their wrongdoings.
It became a tower furnace. Can't believe this has happened in London city. It should not happen anywhere. Homes are a place of comfort.
For what it is worth, the ripples of Grenfell reached the Netherlands. Many don't know it by name but know what happened. It led to renovations being looked at, i stated that with the roof and wall insulation we can wait for a horizontal Grenfell when fire rips through cavity walls. TV programs found that fire safety tests were done on walls without openings or without damages to plaster coverings. They found that some insulation needed a complete airtight cover but a mesh was used. Greed made us morally bankrupt.
I love and alwpapys will love the people that sadly lost their lives😭💚✊🏿
So what has happened to the people in charge of the Management Company? Nothing??
We were told it was a faulty fridge.. But WAS it?? I feel the truth is much darker then that. Murder.
kismet valk why did people not leave first sign of fire?
No one threw any belongings from window?
+kismet valk - Why murder, whats the motive?
Irene Davo The fire started in the early hours , people were asleep, no fire alarm.
amelie ginkel .I don't think so. Bitch
My love and faith is with you all x
this makes me cry almost 2 years on😭
It is a crime, the cladding used is a bi-product of crude oil to make the plastic cladding, highly inflammable once on fire it gives off toxin fumes once inhaled it renders the lungs parallelised.
Watching this in Jan 2021 and I'm not sure if these kinds of housing units are common in the UK, I'm in the States, but I would never live in one for this very reason. Before I heard about this tragedy, I've always been nervous of high buildings like these. This should have never happened. All those people... 😢 I just can't imagine.
In London they are common, there are 4 more high rise buildings around Grenfell that I believe are flats. 😞
I WANT JUSTICE FOR THE VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS AND CRIMINAL PROSECUTION FOR THOSE INVOLVED, THIS FIRE WAS NOT UNFORSEEN, IT WAS STRICTLY DUE TO A NEGLIGENT COUNCIL WHO BASED THERE DISDAIN FOR THESE PEOPLE BASED ON THERE CLASS ND RACE, THE PEOPLE LIVING IN GRENFELL WHERE CONSIDERED LOWER CLASS AND THEREFORE THE COUNCIL REGARDED THEM UNIMPORTANT, DO YOU THINK FOR ONE MOMMENT THE COUNCIL WOULD HAVE PUT UP FLAMMABLE CLADDING IN LUXURY FLATS THAT WELL OFF PEOPLE WANTED TO BUY, HELL NO THE COUNCIL WOULD HAVE MADE SURE NOTHING BUT THE BEST WAS PUT UP, BUT BECAUSE THE GRENFELL RESIDENTS WHERE CONSIDERED LOWER CLASS THEY MADE THE DECISION TO DO WHAT THEY DID, I AM SO ANGRY PEOPLE LOST THERE LIVES NEEDLESLY AND EVERYTHING THEY HAVE EVER OWNED PRISON SENTENCES IS THE ONLY JUSTICE RIP TO ALL I AM THINKING OF YOU ALWAYS
The elites have to sacrifice to keep their wealth
4 year old me almost died because I was trying to save me stuff I was on the 17th floor I was throwing things out the window trainers flying I got all my stuff out I had me tablet in my hand and ran out it took me almost 30 minutes I almost burnt to death I jumped out the window on to me blankets I have alot so just a twisted ankle im nine now and miss my old home
Rip grenfell I miss you
This information is overwhelmingly heartbreaking. It so reminds me of the Horrible factory fire in the garment building in NY. USA nearly a century ago.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in NYC in 1911.
Tiempo Nuevo There needs to be a documentary on that tbh
So many foreigners and especially Muslims in this Building , I'm gona start by giving a side eye to the owner of the fridge that exploded, was that an accident? Did the fridge have problems before? Was he careless? Doesn't he use a fridge guard/protector? The make of the fridge? The company that made the fridge? 2ndly The owner of the Building, the building is a mess with no safety measures at all. The government, does the government inspect buildings before allowing people to live there? A building that high should have so much safety measures, I suggest even outside ladders for each backside of every home , fire extinguishers, oxygen. The firemen, fire company should improvise their equipment. Increase their water and even get airplanes to rain on fire from angles that are too high. Rest in peace to the people who trusted the landlords of Grenfell with their money and their lives as well as the lives of their little babies and elderly family.
Tindi, you're absolutely right. People who live in social housing are notorious for their inability to observe simple rules (fire safety).
I've personally seen the aftermath of many housefires (council houses) and it's always the same story. The tenant was careless and set his own apartment on fire. Some of the tenants don't even bother to study the manual (manuals that come with household appliances) because they've got ZERO respect for fire safety. They just don't care if the house burns down and their neighbors die.
When the house actually catches fire, the negligent tenants will be the first ones to 'play victim' and complain about being traumatized. One man used to joke about his smoking habits (smoking was forbidden but he thought he was entitled to break the rules). One night he fell asleep on the sofa when he was drunk and smoking. He set HIMSELF on fire and died on the spot. A family living upstairs (family with 2 children) managed to escape.
Wonderful documentary - thank you!!
Excellent but tragic documentary
This is a very good documentary and very well put together. I'm sorry for your loss and what your community is going through.
I donated through the red cross and I will be writing to them asking what is going on with releasing the funds to the families and survivors of this terrible tragedy.
You say near the start that it's the biggest British disaster for a century. I see this was released in October 2017 so the final death toll wasn't known. I would just like to draw your attention to the Hillsborough Disaster (1989) in which 96 people died and approx 500 were injured.
Hillsborough like grenfell was:
- preventable
- there have been many suicides as a result of the disaster itself and the campaign of blame from the media and the government
- there was no adequate or offered counselling for victims or survivors. It had to be sought by the victims
Interesting. More need to watch this.
In another documentary, when the cladding,( cladding that was requested by the rich residents of Kensington because they complained how the building looked)was put up, TVs and other small appliances would blow out and small fires occur and the residents were ignored when they said something.
The city paid for their new housing, but had the poor not been ignored, the outcome would have been far different and better.
I just don’t understand why everyone didn’t immediately evacuate as soon as the fire broke out. I understand the difficulty with smoke and flames, but people from the top floor could still make it down hours after the fire broke out. So I just wonder, why were these people advised to stay trapped at the top of a burning building. The moment that I would smell smoke, I would be out of that building. No way would I wait around, hundreds of meters high with no escape, putting my life in trusting that the fire can be put out.
I noticed a similar thing with the twin towers incident - people were advised to just stay in the building. Are you kidding me? With the fight or flight response, isn’t it every humans nature to recognize a hazard turning into a disaster, and get the fuck out of there?
Yes, as far as I know they were told to stay indoors
Bertie Fox who told them to stay indoors? SMH
I understood it was the Fire Brigade
Fire brigade told them to. Presume fire brigade assumed the building wouldn’t burn as quickly and catastrophically as it did. And it shouldn’t have done: lack of fireproofing measures were apparently the main cause of the tragedy. A list of crimes by those with the power and the responsibility to do better.
beth M its very strange! Think many people did leave early but we are not being told!
This is 1700's London at it's finest. Nothing ever changes. Only lives of the poor.
The cladding wasn’t only a death trap that was flammable but was also water resistant according to a firefighter that was their which made harder to put out as well as releasing cyianide .
They should have handled this situation like the Queen, William, Kate, Harry and all the other royals were in there. Terrible that Britain let this happen...gross misconduct on many levels...may their souls rest in perfect peace
This fire was one of the most ghastly things I have ever seen and those poor people should have marched to Downing Street as a protest. This incident reflects yet again the archaic class system still prevelant in Britain. There are rumours that the cladding was used to make this tower block look nicer for all those richer people living nearby. If this is true then those responsible should be brought to justice. Who live in these monstrosities? Working class folk and immigrants - all of whom are considered so unworthy that their concerns for the safety of the building went unheeded. A sickening national scandal.
As Hisam spoke about the loss of his beautiful family members ny heart broke into a million pieces 😭😭😭😭😭😭
Thanks for posting this is so tragic and it seems to be just swept under the carpet so sad families literally burnt alive in front of there community and that's just that I will never forget this will always be in my heart
Simmy D this is part of british culture to sparke hatred waiting for results watching show.This is not what would you expect from authorities .
Very good documentary. Joe Delaney speaking sense as always
This was the only truthful documentary I’ve seen on this completely unbiased
I get the impression there 2 building code standards. If its socialized housing, fire alarms, sprinklers, fire doors and building safety are exempt. If it's not socialized, then all the aspects of making a building safe are required.
Game of politics, democracy and hierarchy ... The poor will never have a voice and the rich will continue to live the luxurious lives they live all served on a silver platter to them. The fact that concerns over the grenfell tower raised by the residents fell on deaf ears says something about the government we put our trust in.
I asked the following 2 questions to the grenfell enquiry:
"Dear Sirs,
I would like to ask who decided that it was safe to change the old metal glass windows for the new plastic double glazed windows? and was a fire risk assessment carried out for this alteration.
I would also like to ask has the electrical voltage harmonisation regulations lead to any increase in white goods fires like the one that started the fire in Grenfell Tower.
thank you
yours sincerely "
I received this answer:
"Thank you very much for taking the time to contact us.
Unfortunately whilst hearings are still in progress we are unable to answer your specific questions. All findings/rulings will be made public as can be seen here within the rulings section on our website.
Evidence that has been disclosed to the public is published on the Inquiry's website when it has been adduced at a hearing. You can access this via the evidence page. The search function allows you to filter by witness and evidence type. Videos and transcripts of all hearings can be found on our hearings page.
The Inquiry Terms of Reference and List of Issues show lines of investigation the Inquiry will follow which is likely to evolve as the Inquiry progresses. As you will see this covers Issue 4 decisions about alterations to the exterior of the building, including the windows, will be explored.
To follow the Inquiry’s progress please do check our website. You can also Follow us on Twitter.
Kind regards
Grenfell Tower Inquiry - Correspondence Team
E: contact@grenfelltowerinquiry.org.uk
T: 0207 842 3583 II 0800 121 4282
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www.grenfelltowerinquiry.org.uk/ "
I have not yet received an answer to my questions.
My birthday/14th of June, will never again be a day of joy.
17:00 He said it all. It it had been the people of Mayfair...all the help in the world would have come.
They should all get a free house for ever
On the owner of that flat's dime.
I lived in Pinter house in Stockwell during my childhood and identify totally with the Grenfell residents. I understand how vulnerable it feels living in a high rise with only one steep and narrow stairwell as a means of escape..its disastrous.. It always frightened me living on the 19th floor, with lifts always breaking down.I feel the pain of the families who have lost everything and felt their terror as the fire spread.
..My heart is heavy hearing all this anger from BLM about racism....Nothing can excuse treating another human less than yourself Racism is abhorant,.and must be called out
.We are all victims of discrimination if poverty or ethnicity or culture fall under the cruel policies of government..the Grenfell family and communities around them should remind those who are trying to divide us that we have each others backs no matter where we are from,what religion we follow ..Please .Don't fall into this trap which seeks to create fighting amongst ourselves...it is in order to distract us from the criminal activities of Government,whilst stripping more and more of our rights from us....Peace and love my brothers and sisters
19th that's high my mum lives in a high rise which I'm not to happy about luckily she is on a low floor but still not happy about that
You cannot stop these greedy predators instead you have to destroy them which I sincerely hope happens.
Anyone else think Jo Delaney would be a great local MP?
The emergency services were very brave on that night, I would like to thank them for their efforts of trying to save the lives of the tennents.
This is the BEST coverage of this Nightmare I've seen,well done A
I can’t even believe this ever but it did heart broken
The council seems to be a joke. All of those people lost their lives because they were concerned about money. They should be held liable for each count as murder for their negligence
been respectful to all is in us Muslim population 💯 to all human's we are all one RIP TO ALL 😇
Agree. No one regardless of race or religion deserves to die like that.
Grenfell tower fire should never happen because if right things were in place 😡😡😱😱
Its amazing to see the community come together like that. Sadly here in the US it wouldnt be like that.
The owners of the company responsible for the cladding have recently donated MILLIONS to the Conservative party... they are literally paying their way out of culpability.
A fridge?It seems fishy how nobody tried to stop it when it was small
Len Wild strange
That was the point, that he materials used in the building weren’t safe, so it spread much faster than it should have
They wouldn't be able to gain entry to the flat without the tenant living there plus it engulfed very quickly cladding is a death trap that was in the building cheap shit that killed 72 people common sense would tell the government its extremely flammable why could they just not left it how it was made of brick
Was it really a fridge?? Its all questionable, as its never been properly investigated if it ever was a fridge?? But even if it was... it spread quickly due to the infamous inflammable ilegal cladding put on the building. Do think it was preplanned.
From what I found out a few years later, and the fireman's video....they went in the flat, to hey saw a small fire and put it out. What they could not see ,was the cladding had just caught fire outside, so when they got back down and outside, the fire was burning out of control fast and wildly up the building. HORRIBLE
I can't help but wonder if this for instance had been HSBC headquarters in Central London which had burned to the ground, Government response would have been MUCH quicker and I bet you all the money in the world that the government would have opened up their chequebooks ASAP to help out without even blinking. Indeed, when 9/11 happened it was front page news for months and whilst it was horrific, in a way this was worse as you had so many young children and whole families dying yet it is main news for a few weeks now all of a sudden it is barely mentioned in the media here in the UK.
The two are not comparable at all.
The Council was apparently working behind the scenes, albeit it in a limited manner, through the community partners because the relationship between it and the residents was so poor Council members didn’t dare show their faces for fear of being set upon, which they would’ve been. It reached that point because the local govt, via the Council, had the underlying, sinister motive of taking the community’s land for private development. It had ostracized the community, trying to protect its true motives and to keep from being thwarted.
Superb documentary
i AM SO SORRY.. I LIVE IN A TOWER BLOCK AND I LOVE IT HERE.. BUT i COULD BE DESTROYED IN 20 MINUTES SCARES THE SHIT Out of me
This is why I would never live in a high rise flat
All depends on several things: fire alarm system, doing the check every year, don't try to cut on budget for maintenance.
Good documentary, but this event didn't take place in north west london and there is no road called grenfell road. It was west london (north kensington), in latimer road. Thanks
I wonder too.
Of course there is a Grenfell Road, it’s what the tower was named after. Latimer Road is the nearest underground station to Grenfell Tower.
@@ummyousef230 Apologies. I been up that road a 1000 times and never realised it's name lol. Still isn't NW london though...
I can’t believe people we’re told to stay put
I remember watching the news and it was the first time in my life I had ever heard of these type of instructions coming from the Fire Department. It's always get out of the building ASAP and they provide trainings for building tenants regardless of what safety features were installed in the building from where I came from.
Fr tho like it's dumb. I'll get my ass out of a burning building I ain't staying to watch ppl burn to death and get burn to death myself
I’m uncomfortable with the feeling of hate but I will tolerate that discomfort when it comes to those responsible for this unavoidable catastrophic fail.
that's the British authorities for you
It is a crime, the cladding used is a bi-product of crude oil to make the plastic cladding, highly inflammable once on fire it gives off toxin fumes once inhaled it renders the lungs parallelised.
My heart breaks this should never of happened they ignored everybody’s pleas about the dangers innocent lives were lost many grieving family’s family’s left without a home the firefighters did all that they could it was a furnace ,many community’s from all walks of live came together and helped it shows you that we can all get along , yet nobody has been brought to justice how do they sleep at night rip to all those that passed
This is horrendous. Councils should hang their heads in shame. How about the councillors donate their huge pay packets to those who have lost everything !!!
The result of the ongoing enquiry will be 'lessons will be learnt'. All councillors keep their gold plated pension pots, no one from the council will be prosecuted. Whoever decided to wrap an entire building in combustible material is responsible - no penalty. The Rock Fielding Melon guy could not give 2 hoots. His actions have shown that.
I remember turning on the tv and couldn't believe what I was seeing, My mum and I didn't speak we just watched in horror, This is the worst disaster to have hit the uk in the last 20 years, High rise flats should be illegal, I'm guessing the deaths are easy in the hundreds probably 2_3 hundred, When you consider there were 600 people in that flat that in itself is ridiculous
I blame the fire brigade because they told people to stay in their flats instead of trying to save their own lives. Why aren’t people being prosecuted?
I blame you
The stay put response is supposed to be used to prevent stampedes and panic, only if the fire is under control, but not when the fire is raging out of control like in Grenfell
@@andycheng9066 If you can have a stay put policy, you can have an evacuation policy. It's a lame excuse for callous attitudes towards poor residents.
The fire fighters didn't know the cladding was flammable. They didn't expect the fire to do that. It's not their fault!!
The interviewee is very eloquent... and sadly...very correct in his observations...80+ killed...shameful at the least...simply murder in reality...greed equals death...
Here is yet another solid argument against government dependency and the nanny state.
It is a crime, the cladding used is a bi-product of crude oil to make the plastic cladding, highly inflammable once on fire it gives off toxin fumes once inhaled it renders the lungs parallelised.
The nanny state is the ONLY thing that still tries to improve fire safety by telling people how to avoid housefires.
1 way in 1 way out it was a death trap
I can’t read the full report, it’s almost 1700 pages, but I have read the ~40 page executive summary. I keep thinking that it can’t get any worse, but each time that new facts come out, it does. You will never completely stop fires breaking out, but this should have been a small fire, confined to just one flat, or even just one room, quickly and easily dealt with, and as the report concluded, all of the deaths were avoidable. It’s very worrying that there are still hundreds of people living in other equally unsafe buildings.
My thoughts are with all those affected by this tragedy.
The woman who says she has been 29 years with the fire service doesn’t look old enough; she must have been very young when she started.
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4:28 every time i see that photo, it gets me all the time. Two happy couples perished together, she was a good looking girl, cant believe she's gone :(
So if she was ugly it wouldnt really matter your a complete twat
@@sharifahhunterify what a jerk you are!
Things need to change in this country and grenfell tower Disaster should never happen and the our government to grow up and learning to 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
There were many people who said they lived in Grenfell who did not? Why did residents say nothing?
amelie ginkel 8 people already in Court never lived in Grenfell! Where is baby thrown from Grenfell? How many illegal sub letters are there?
Please please provide small parachutes in markets to people buy easy and put on their flats for emergency like this. Look people stuck on upper floor and shouting help help they are useless cause bottom and lower floors on fire they stuck. If they have parachutes they was survived. Please raise this for wake up government and provide simple parachute to people who living buildings like this ...
not here in UK my friend, if thats the case, they wouldnt have marked the building safe to live in without smoke alarms or sprinklers and fire exits
but u see the results
Ladies and gentlemen, your community and country on conservatism.