UK Granfel Tower, Deadly 2017 Blaze site, to demolish. Government news
Some relatives of fire victims who want to preserve the site say they feel ‘unseen’ by the government.
The UK government has opted to tear London’s Grenfel Tower, where according to a group representing the deceased’s relatives, 72 people died in the 2017 blast.
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rener on Wednesday confirmed the news to the remaining people and relatives of the victims, in a statement, the advocacy group Granfel said in a statement.
According to a London Standard report, the government is expected to make a formal announcement on Friday.
The plan to demolish the tower has angered some family members, who want that as long as criminal allegations are brought to the fire, it should remain until the causes of fire, or a monument of a monument Protected in form.
“Angela could not give the reason for her decision to demolish the Rener Tower,” Granfel United said, a separate group that represents relatives of fire victims.
The group said, “He refused to confirm that recently, how many bereaved and survived were survived in consultation with four-week.” “But looking at the room alone – most of which were mourned – no one supported his decision.”
It states: “ignoring the voices of the bereaved on the future of the cemetery of our loved ones is derogatory and incompetent.”
Our statement after Angela Rener’s decision to demolish the Granfel Tower pic.twitter.com/9Jib8fdnpa
– Granfel United (@Grenfellunated) February 5, 2025
Granfel next to family admitted that the tower, which is compromised structurally, cannot be done indefinitely due to safety concerns “.
“We want a discussion about the facts – structural issues have informed the decision,” Granfel said next to which. “We want to discuss what will go on in the place of the tower.”
Earlier, the government said that this site would not change, which has been advised that “should be carefully taken down” before the eighth anniversary of the tragedy on 14 June.
A six -year public investigation in the fire found that the disaster originated from the “decades of failure”, which benefits before safety.
In the report of the inquiry released last September, the failures were highlighted by companies involved in the production and installation of UK governments, leaders of local council, fire service and flammable cladding and insulation, allowing the fire to spread so fast.
38 -year -old Karim Musili, whose uncle died on the top floor of the Granfel Tower, told Al Jazira that the community has “failed in each aspect … before and after the fire, () By the government, the corporations, by the local, by the officers, by the police, everyone failed us.
