Grenfell Tower Fire Inquiry
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| Date | Start: 14 June 2017 |
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| Location | London, United Kingdom |
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The Grenfell Tower Inquiry is a British public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire, which killed at least 80 people and destroyed Grenfell Tower on 14 June 2017, was ordered by Prime Minister Theresa May on the following day. May announced on 29 June 2017 that the inquiry would be chaired by retired judge Sir Martin Moore-Bick, with the immediate priority "to establish the facts of what happened at Grenfell Tower in order to take the necessary action to prevent a similar tragedy from happening again." She stated that "No stone will be left unturned by this inquiry."
On 15 August 2017, the terms of reference of the Inquiry were announced. The first hearing opened on 14 September 2017. An interim report is expected by Easter 2018.
Grenfell Tower was a 24-storey residential tower block in North Kensington, London, England. It was completed in 1974, as part of the first phase of the Lancaster West Estate.
The concrete structure's top 20 storeys consisted of 120 flats, with a total of 200 bedrooms. Its first four storeys were nonresidential until its most recent refurbishment in 2015–2016, which converted two of them to residential use, bringing it up to 127 flats and 227 bedrooms. It also received new windows and new cladding with thermal insulation.
A major fire seriously damaged the building on 14 June 2017, the cause of which the inquiry is to determine. A previous catastrophe at the Ronan Point tower block generated an inquiry.
Theresa May, the prime minister made a statement to Parliament on 22 June announced a judge led inquiry, saying "No stone will be left unturned by this Inquiry". The chosen judge was Sir Martin Moore-Bick, and when she announced his name on 29 June she stated that "Before the Inquiry starts Sir Martin will consult all those with an interest, including survivors and victims’ families, about the terms of reference."
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