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Hello and welcome to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry podcast with me, Kate Lamble.

This week, the inquiry continued to examine how the London Fire Brigade prepared for a high-rise fire.

And we learnt a member of the LFB's fire safety team wrote that giving advice on the risks of high-rise cladding fires

could be the cat out of the bag on this issue. And at the risks of high-rise cladding fires could be

the cat out of the bag on this issue. And at the time of the Grenfell Tower fire, more than

5,000 high-rise buildings were not contained within the brigade's operational risk database.

Let's get started with the evidence then. Dan Daly, who became an assistant commissioner and head

of fire safety at the LFB in March 2016,

returned to finish his testimony. And once again, it focused on what prior knowledge the

London Fire Brigade had of the risks of combustible materials contributing to external fire spread

on high-rise buildings. In August 2016, there was a fire at a 20-story block in West London, Shepherds'

Court. Dan Daly attended, acting as incident commander. Flames spread from the flat where the fire

started to the external wall. The building was partially evacuated. Afterwards, tests found that

panels installed on the outside of the tower had deformed during the fire,

allowing flames to reach the combustible insulation they contained.

Two months later, Dan Daly sent a letter to Hammersmith and Fulham Council,

who owned Shepard's Court, telling them that the LFB had concerns that the panels used

had also been installed on other buildings in the borough.

They needed to show their

properties complied with building regulations. Lead Council to the inquiry, Richard Millett.

Did you yourself or anybody else involved in putting this letter together consider

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