Grenfell Tower: Revisiting Residential Highrise Fire Safety by CTIF Dennis Davis
The fire occurred in Grenfell Tower, Kensington, North London, on the 14 June 2017 with London Fire Brigade recording a call at 00:54 and being in attendance 6 minutes later.
The 24 storey building (23 stories above ground) was public housing apartments with some other non-residential accommodation.
200+ firefighters with 40+ appliances attended and carried out multiple rescues of 60+ persons.
Conditions were described as extremely arduous with heavy smoke and heat restricting attempts to proceed upwards in the single staircase building.
