Grenfell Tower
Deadly cladding fire
Grenfell Tower was a 24-story residential building in North Kensington, London, where a fire on June 14, 2017, killed 72 people.
The disaster exposed failures in building safety regulations, particularly regarding flammable cladding installed during renovations.
The name has become shorthand for institutional neglect of social housing and working-class communities: The inquiry revealed a Grenfell Tower of regulatory failures.
- fireCombustion with flames
- tragedyDisastrous or sorrowful event
- LondonEngland's capital city
- blazeIntense burning fire
- claddingOuter protective layer
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