The Grenfell Tower Inquiry Podcast Podcast
A new 10-part series about the Grenfell Tower fire and why it happened. Missed opportunities, unheeded warnings and state failure to protect its citizens. What a fire in west London that killed 72 people shows us about how Britain works, and doesn't.
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86 Marcio Gomes
Fri 9 Nov 2018
Marcio Gomes describes how he and his family got out from the 21st floor.
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85 Natasha Elcock and Hanan Wahabi
Thu 8 Nov 2018
Firefighters didn't reach Natasha Elcock and her family until 4.30 in the morning
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84 Elizabeth Sobiesczak
Wed 7 Nov 2018
Elizabeth Sobiesczak had lived in Grenfell Tower for 32 years before the fire
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83 Nicholas Burton and Helen Gebremeskel
Tue 6 Nov 2018
Nicholas Burton and his wife were rescued by firefighters from the 19th floor
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82 Rashida Ali, Hoang Khanh Quang, and Sid Ali Atmani
Mon 5 Nov 2018
Three witnesses who escaped the tower within 45 minutes of the first 999 call
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81 Sener Macit and Alemishet Demissie
Thu 1 Nov 2018
Sener Macit stayed in his flat on the 16th floor until after 3.30
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80 Roy Smith
Wed 31 Oct 2018
Roy Smith thought he and his family were going to die on the 12th floor of Grenfell Tower
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79 Paulos Tekle and Rabia Yahya
Tue 30 Oct 2018
Paulos Tekle, who鈥檚 five-year old son Isaac died, gave evidence
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78 Naomi Li and Hamid Wahbi
Mon 29 Oct 2018
Naomi Li was one of 13 residents who took shelter in a flat on the 22nd floor
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77 Farhad Neda and Flora Neda
Thu 18 Oct 2018
Farhad Neda and his mother Flora were the only two residents to escape from the top floor
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76 Petra Doulova and Jose Vieiro
Wed 17 Oct 2018
The inquiry hears how a resident escaped from the 20th floor
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75 Omar Alhaj Ali and Oluwasuen Talabi
Tue 16 Oct 2018
Two of the eight residents trapped in flat 113 on the 14th floor describe their ordeal
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74 Rosemary Oyewole
Mon 15 Oct 2018
Rosemary Oyewole鈥檚 neighbours sheltered in her flat on the 14th floor as the fire spread
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73 Richard Fletcher and Mariko Toyoshima-Lewis
Thu 11 Oct 2018
A father carries his six-year-old daughter out of the tower from the 16th floor
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72 Sam Daniels and Branislav Lukic
Wed 10 Oct 2018
Sam Daniels describes leaving his father in a smoke-filled flat on the sixteenth floor
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71 Meron Mekonnen, Hiwot Dagnachew and Maher Khoudair
Tue 9 Oct 2018
Survivors from Grenfell Tower make phone calls to a friend trapped on the 18th floor
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70 Nadia Jafari and Munira Mahmud
Mon 8 Oct 2018
Nadia Jafari was separated from her father as they tried to escape in a smoke-filled lift
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69 Miguel Alves
Thu 4 Oct 2018
An 18th floor resident tells the inquiry the building was like a 鈥榯icking time bomb鈥�
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68 Antonio Roncolato and Fatima Alves
Wed 3 Oct 2018
The first two survivors to give evidence to the inquiry
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67 The Firefighters
Wed 3 Oct 2018
The inquiry has heard evidence from 82 firefighters, here鈥檚 what we鈥檝e learnt
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66 Group Manager O鈥橬eill, Watch Manager Ricketts and Station Manager Davis
Tue 2 Oct 2018
The final day of firefighter evidence in this part of the inquiry
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65 Commissioner Cotton
Thu 27 Sep 2018
The chief fire officer in London says nothing could have stopped the fire spreading
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64 Assistant Commissioner Roe
Wed 26 Sep 2018
A senior officer describes a delay in finding building plans as a 鈥渕ajor deficiency鈥�
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63 Deputy Assistant Commissioner O鈥橪oughlin and Assistant Commissioner Roe
Tue 25 Sep 2018
A senior officer tells the inquiry no one should have lived in Grenfell Tower
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62 Deputy Assistant Commissioner O鈥橪oughlin
Mon 24 Sep 2018
The inquiry hears from the third firefighter to take charge of the incident
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61 Station Manager Walton
Thu 20 Sep 2018
The Inquiry hears from the second firefighter in charge of the incident
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60 Watch Managers Harrison and Coltress and Firefighter Johnson
Wed 19 Sep 2018
A fire officer tells families he hopes they get the justice they deserve
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59 Group Manager Welch
Tue 18 Sep 2018
The Inquiry learns two firefighters were in charge of the incident at the same time
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58 Assistant Operations Manager Debbie Real and Control Room Operators Angela Gotts and Aisha Jabin
Mon 17 Sep 2018
A 999 call operator spends 40 minutes comforting a woman trapped on the top floor
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57 Operations Manager Alexandra Norman and Control Room Operator Peter Duddy
Thu 13 Sep 2018
A 999 call handler describes how he couldn鈥檛 persuade a family to leave their flat.
