To take down the granfel tower, the government confirms

The Granfel Tower will be taken down “sensitively”, the government has announced after about eight years of the fire. In which 72 people were killed.

The government said that this process is expected to take about two years and there will be no change before the eighth anniversary of the disaster in June.

The scheme has given mixed reactions to local people, bereaved families and the survivors-some of which want the 24-mangila tower to stand as a permanent reminder of the 2017 tragedy.

Others argue that its presence is upset for those who lose loved ones and say it should be replaced by a monument.

Some former residents were told about the decision during a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rener on Wednesday.

A spokesperson of Granfel United, who represents some condolences and survivors, said that no one supported the plan in the meeting, and that it was “derogatory and unforgivable” ignoring their wishes.

Kimia Zabiyan, next to Kin, described the meeting as “charging” from Granfel, which also works for some condolences, but said that Rener has participated with “best intentions”.

Downing Street said that Rener held a meeting to ensure that the condolences were the first person to listen to the government’s decision.

The official spokesperson of the Prime Minister said he “offered the opportunity to meet family members and the survivors” personally and online at different times and places, and through this process “heard many views”.

After deciding to destroy the building, the engineers advised that it should be “taken down carefully” due to security concerns.

According to a 2020 report, the upper levels of the tower have been extended from the weather.

Some have said that the tower should remain until people were prosecuted for fire.

“I don’t think anything should be done in the building before service to justice and those who are responsible go to court and try,” said Damal Kairyol.

No fee in relation to tragedy Will be declared by the end of 2026Metropolitan Police and Crown Prosiction Service (CPS) has said.

Emma O’Coner, who lived on the 20th floor of the tower and survived the fire, said that the remaining people have not been properly consulted “and Rener to us. Called for some respect showing “.

Ms. O’Coner has introduced a petition for local residents, survivors, and bereaved family members to allow voting on the future of the tower.

Other people of the region have supported the government’s decision.

The head of the association of a local residents told the BBC on Wednesday that he and the local residents’ “overwhelming majority” supported the decision to take the tower down.

Mushtaq Lashri said that the locals were waiting for “shutdown” for more than seven years. Another local resident said that the building “was harassing us every day”.

Former Housing Secretary Michael Gov said that the tower should be taken down at some time.

He told the BBC Radio 4’s Today program that there is a need to have a “sensitive interaction” with the community about the time and the means of taking it down.

“I have every reason to believe that the department and Angela Rener are doing so,” he said.

He said it was really important that the government and other agencies accelerate the search for justice “as the tower comes down.

Emma Dent Code, which was a Labor MP for Kensington at the time of fire, said on Wednesday that the decision made him “relief”.

“I see it daily, and it hurts me every day,” he said. “It sometimes triggers me, and sometimes when I see it, I don’t see the shroud, I see what happened that day.”

On 14 June 2017, the fire was originally due to a defective fridge in the fourth floor flat, but quickly spread around the block as it was covered in highly flammable cladding.

A public investigation in September concluded that the disaster was the result of many government and construction industry failures.

The Granfel Tower Memorial Commission is consulting plans for a monument in the field of commission tower.

Five design teams are Shortlisted to build a memorialTo submit a planning application at the end of 2026 with the winner.