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New development in Grenfell investigation     By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The chairman of the inquiry into a London apartment building fire that killed 72 people wrote Britain’s attorney general Thursday to ask for a pledge ...

Evacuation questioned in fire that killed 72 people     Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A report on a deadly apartment block fire in London condemned the London Fire Brigade and concluded that fewer people would have died if the ...

Fire on the 12th floor NOTTING HILL (BBC News) – A fire broke out in a high-rise flat a short distance from the site of the Grenfell Tower disaster. Ten fire engines and 70 firefighters were sent to the scene ...

Lawsuit targets U.S. companies that made products used at the complex     By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Faulty building materials helped spread a devastating fire at London’s Grenfell Tower in 2017, turning the residential complex into ...

72 people died when a fire destroyed Grenfell Tower in June 2017     BBC The £200m bill to replace Grenfell Tower-type cladding on about 150 private high-rise blocks in England is to be met by the government. Housing Secretary ...

Fire on 12th floor of 20-story high-rise     LONDON (BBC) – About 180 people were evacuated as a fire broke out in a 20-storey tower block in south London. The blaze, in a flat on the 12th floor of ...

Anniversary of deadly high-rise fire approaches     By DANICA KIRKA, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Banners were wrapped Thursday on top of the charred remains of Britain’s Grenfell Tower amid preparations to solemnly mark the anniversary of the 2017 ...

Over 100 firefighters responded to 12-story luxury hotel     LONDON (AP) — More than 100 firefighters tackled a blaze at a luxury hotel in central London that produced thick black smoke visible for miles around and required people inside ...

Lawyer for survivors says race must be considered     LONDON (AP) — The inquiry into Britain’s Grenfell Tower fire should consider whether racism contributed to the deaths of 72 people in the blaze, a lawyer for survivors said Tuesday. ...

Inquiry looks into high-rise fire that killed 72 people     By JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Residents of London’s Grenfell Tower were wrongly told to stay in their apartments as fire raged through the high-rise building nearly ...