for the latest. and remembering the victims of grenfell five years on from the grenfell tower fire in london where 72 people were killed, events are being held across the city. i m victoria derbyshire, we are here throughout the day talking to people deeply affected by the events of that night and what has happened since. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the first flight taking asylum seekers to rwanda will leave from an undisclosed location in the uk this evening, after campaigners lost a court battle to prevent it. they had hoped to stop the plane taking off before a full hearing next month on whether the policy is lawful. dozens of asylum seekers were originally due to be on the flight, but most won appeals against deportation. it s not know how many people will be on tonight s flight, but it s thought to be about seven or eight people, and some of those have hearings today to determine whether they will be on board. the cost of charter
in the kitchen of a flat on the fourth floor of g re nfell tower. fire brigade. yeah. hello. there is a fire on flat 16, grenfell tower. how many floors have you got? it is the fourth floor. quick, quick! within minutes, it began to spread up the cladding on the outside of the 23 storey block. are you 0k? some residents were told to stay in their flats by the emergency services. others ignored the stay put advice and made it down the stairs to safety. i spoke to some of them hours after they d escaped. this was really horrific. there s people who were jumping. there s a man who threw two of his children. we saw a lot. we saw a lot, man. we saw a lot with our own eyes.
we saw friends, familes. honestly, it s all right. you don t have to say any any more. i m so sorry. the final death toll is now recorded as 72. the youngest victim was six months old. the oldest, 8a. baby logan gomez, who was stillborn in hospital onjune 1ath, the morning after the fire, is also included. good morning, everybody. a public inquiry into the disaster is under way. phase one found that a previous refurbishment of the tower breached building regulations. it heard evidence that plastic material in the cladding was the main reason the flames spread. ring 999! will there be prosecutions? the metropolitan police
gronefeld, people affected by what happened, and also asking what has changed since we learned of the public inquiry that the cladding put around the teller as part of a previous refurbishment contain plastic that was highly flammable we will be talking to people throughout the day here at grenfell tower. the company knew it was highly flammable ten years before the grenfell fire that continued selling it. they were warned that 5000 square metres of that cutting would have the same firepower as a massive trick of oil on fire. that cladding and other failings led to the flames spreading swiftly and fatally around all four corners of the tower. here s how the events of that night unfolded. ? the film contains footage of the tower on that night, which you may find upsetting. just before 1am onjune1lith, 2017, a devastating fire broke out
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