The Grenfell Tower Inquiry Podcast Podcast
A new 10-part series about the Grenfell Tower fire and why it happened. Missed opportunities, unheeded warnings and state failure to protect its citizens. What a fire in west London that killed 72 people shows us about how Britain works, and doesn't.
Episodes to download
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56 Group Manager Goulbourne, Crew Manager Morrison and Firefighter Wood
Wed 12 Sep 2018
The chairman of the inquiry resists calls to make safety recommendations before January
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55 Station Manager Wolfenden, Watch Managers Furnell and Leaver, Firefighters Bell and Juggins
Tue 11 Sep 2018
A miscommunication means firefighters don鈥檛 act on 999 information for an hour
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54 Crew Managers Codd, Gallagher and Hoare, and firefighters Fernandes, Foster, Lawson and Orchard
Mon 10 Sep 2018
Two firefighters tell nine residents to stay inside their flats as the fire spreads
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53 Firefighters Cornelius, Herrera , Merrion, Murphy, Upton, Wharnsby, and Crew Manager McAlonen
Thu 6 Sep 2018
Firefighters give their account of what happened on the 14th floor
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52 Watch Manager Johnson and Station Manager Loft
Wed 5 Sep 2018
A lack of 鈥榲ital鈥� building plans hampers rescues
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51 Station Managers Kipling and Myatt, Watch Managers Johnson and Moore and Firefighters King and Moore
Tue 4 Sep 2018
Firefighters struggle with low water pressure, falling debris and a lack of training
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50 Group Manager Goodall and Station Manager Myatt
Mon 3 Sep 2018
Firefighters are overwhelmed by the volume of 999 calls
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47 Crew Manager Batcheldor, 999 Control Operator Sharon Darby and Watch Manager Beale
Thu 2 Aug 2018
A firefighter comforts a mother and her son trapped on the fourteenth floor
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46 Station Manager Mulholland and 999 Control Operator Darby
Wed 1 Aug 2018
A senior firefighter tells the inquiry adhering to policy was a challenge
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45 Watch Managers Williams and Aston-O鈥橠onovan, and firefighter Desforges
Tue 31 Jul 2018
Two firefighters help carry out nine rescues on three different floors
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44 Watch Manager Williams
Mon 30 Jul 2018
A firefighter struggles to keep track of who has been rescued from the tower
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43 Crew Manager Diana
Fri 27 Jul 2018
In a special edition Eddie Mair speaks to Aldo Diana who rescued nine people
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42 Watch Managers de Silvo and Peckham
Thu 26 Jul 2018
A firefighter writes details of those trapped in the tower on the wall of the third floor
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41 Watch Manager Sadler and Watch Manager de Silvo
Wed 25 Jul 2018
Two firefighters vital to passing on information about trapped residents give evidence
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40 Watch Manager Watson and Station Manager Cook
Tue 24 Jul 2018
A man carrying an axe and claiming to be an American firefighter is turned away
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39 Firefighters O鈥橠onoghue, Gillam and Roberts
Mon 23 Jul 2018
Firefighters describe their attempt to extinguish the fire from the roof
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38 Firefighters Hippel and Bettinson, and Crew Manager Stern
Thu 19 Jul 2018
Two firefighters describe their attempt to rescue a man on the 16th floor
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37 Emergency Control Operators and Firefighter Keane
Wed 18 Jul 2018
A 999 operator stays on the phone with a trapped 12-year old girl for an hour
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36 Deputy Assistant Commissioner Fenton
Tue 17 Jul 2018
The highest ranked officer in the 999 control room gives evidence
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35 Station Manager Oliff
Mon 16 Jul 2018
A firefighter makes the "impossible" decision to tell a man to go back and get his family
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31 Watch Manager O鈥橩eeffe and Firefighter Dorgu
Mon 9 Jul 2018
Firefighter Dorgu carries casualties out of the tower
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30 Watch Manager O鈥橩eeffe
Fri 6 Jul 2018
Firefighters run out of equipment and a rescue attempt on the 14th floor
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29 Crew Manager Christopher Secrett and Watch Manager Brien O鈥橩eeffe
Thu 5 Jul 2018
Crew Manager Christopher Secrett describes how he doesn鈥檛 think he will make it out alive
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28 Fire Safety Officer Egan, Crew Manager Secrett and Firefighter O鈥橦anlon
Wed 4 Jul 2018
Daniel Egan speaks to a mother trapped in the tower with her two children
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27 Firefighter O鈥橞eirne and Senior Fire Safety Officer Egan
Tue 3 Jul 2018
Daniel Egan explains why residents should have been evacuated from the tower earlier
