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Grenfell an accident waiting to happen
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Arconic was told Grenfell panels were unsafe for buildings over 12 metres
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Evil firms must pay for this they have no pity for humanity, says Grenfell survivor
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Updated: Feb 22 2021, 15:37 ET
THE companies that supplied flammable material for Grenfell Tower have been branded “evil” by a survivor who heard them give evidence.
Staff at French-owned Celotex and Irish firm Kingspan told the public inquiry into the disaster how profits were put ahead of safety.
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Survivor Joseph John says the companies that supplied flammable material for Grenfell Tower are evil Credit: Joseph John
Employees from cladding company Arconic have refused to even attend the hearing.
Grenfell resident Joseph John, a 29-year-old chef who fled from the 2017 inferno with his baby son Malachi in his arms, told The Sun on Sunday: “I think they are evil. They cared more about money than the residents’ lives.
By Tom Lowe2021-02-20T07:00:00+00:00
Hearings focused on the degree to which manufacturer had misled customers over the fire performance of its ACM cladding panels
“Deliberate concealment” is how Grenfell Inquiry barrister Richard Millett QC described materials manufacturer Arconic’s marketing of its combustible ACM cladding.
The accusation was a central theme in this week’s evidence at the inquiry, which focused on the degree to which Arconic knowingly misled its customers on the fire safety of its combustible Reynobond PE cassette cladding panels.
The firm sold 3,000sq m of the cassettes to the team working on the refurbishment of the Grenfell Tower – cladding which, along with other materials produced by Kingspan and Celotex, has been found to be the “primary cause” of the disastrous fire in June 2017 which claimed the lives of 72 people.
Evil firms must pay for this — they have no pity for humanity, says Grenfell survivor
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