Grenfell: Building a Disaster - Ep 7: The Fire
The story of the night - part 1
In the early hours of the 14th June 2017, the bell in North Kensington鈥檚 fire station begins to ring. Firefighter David Badillo assumes it is a routine house fire. He expects that he and his colleagues will extinguish it quickly and head back to the station.
But when he ventures inside the tower, David Badillo realises that this fire is like nothing he鈥檚 seen before.
In this episode, Kate tells the story of the beginning of the night of the fire and asks whether the firefighters who risked their lives were adequately trained and prepared for an event which, for many, was foreseeable.
Presenter: Kate Lamble
Producer: Josephine Casserly
Production coordinator: Janet Staples
Audio engineers: James Beard and Gareth Jones
Story consultant: Simon Maybin
Editor: Penny Murphy
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