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On 14 June 2017, a fire engulfed Grenfell Tower, a residential building in White City, west London, killing 72 people. Read the first reports about the fire, and the subsequent public inquiry, memorials, and campaigns, here.

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Grenfell Tower

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Grenfell Tower deaths caused by ‘decades of failure’ by central government

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