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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 ...

Inquiry hears evidence from fire that killed 72 people     By JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An inquiry into the fire that tore through London’s Grenfell Tower high-rise almost a year ago, killing 72 people, began evidence ...

Public inquiry of Grenfell Tower fire begins with victim tributes     LONDON (AP) — Survivors and families of the victims of London’s Grenfell Tower fire are struggling with their emotions as a public inquiry hears individual tributes to the ...

2017 blaze killed dozens in a 24-story apartment building     LONDON (AP) — Survivors of a devastating high-rise fire in London wept Monday as relatives paid tribute to some of the 72 victims at the opening of an inquiry ...

Door withstood flames for only 15 minutes     LONDON (AP) — Police say a door from a London high-rise that went up in flames, killing 71 people, has failed an expert fire safety test. The Metropolitan Police force said ...