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Grenfell campaigners outside the Inquiry â resident Lee Chapman warned of the lack of emergency access for disabled residents
THE GRENFELL Tower fire Inquiry heard from the residents themselves yesterday including Lee Chapman the secretary of the leaseholders association who had repeatedly raised concerns months before the fire broke out that the building was unsafe.
Chapmanâs complaints included âhuge concernâ about gas pipes left exposed in communal areas.
But he said the Tenants Management Organisation (TMO) for Kensington and Chelsea Council ignored the problems.
Chapman, in his evidence to the Inquiry yesterday morning, said: âI feel that the way that these concerns were handled is a good reflection of the culture within the TMO and the attitude that it had towards Grenfell Tower residents at the time.
Grenfell Tower residents raised concerns about fire safety months before the fatal disaster but their fears were ignored and they were treated as sub class citizens , an inquiry has heard.
Lee Chapman, the secretary of the Grenfell leaseholders association, said he had raised concerns about bare gas pipes being run through the stairwell of the building - the only fire escape - during upgrade works in spring 2017.
However he was repeatedly refused an independent fire assessment of the building by the Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation (KCTMO).
Mr Chapman told the inquiry: I feel that the way that these concerns were handled is a good reflection of the culture within the TMO and the attitude that it had towards Grenfell Tower residents at the time.
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