Grenfell: the lies and greed exposed
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ποΈ 6 September 2024
β±οΈ 40 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Guardian. |
| 0:07.0 | Today, lies, cover-ups and 72 people who did not need to die. |
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| 1:06.0 | A warning before we start, this episode contains strong language. Just before 1 a.m. on the 14th of June 2017, a fridge caught fire in a flat on the fourth floor of a tower block in one of the wealthiest areas of West London. |
| 1:16.0 | The block housed a tight-knit community that came from all over the world, |
| 1:20.0 | a jeweller from Afghanistan, a security guard from Eritrea, a fishmonger whose family had fled the civil war in Somalia. |
| 1:28.0 | Among those born in Britain were a painter and decorator, an artist and a nursery nurse. They were neighbors who made extra plates of food |
| 1:35.8 | for the flat next door, who'd keep an eye on each other's children, who celebrated birthdays |
| 1:41.4 | and grieved losses together. |
| 1:44.7 | It took just 30 minutes for the flames to reach the 24th floor, aided by the towers brand |
| 1:50.0 | new and highly combustible cladding, which had been installed to make the building look a bit nicer, as well as to make it warmer and drier. |
| 1:59.0 | 72 people died. |
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