Grenfell Tower demolition would risk fire being forgotten, some survivors say
Grenfell United says voices of bereaved have been ignored and they fear disaster could be ‘put out of mind’
The demolition of Grenfell Tower could mean that the injustice of the fatal fire is “put out of sight and out of mind” and forgotten, some survivors have said.
The deputy prime minister, Angela Rayner, told a meeting on Wednesday that the 24-storey block in which 72 people were killed in June 2017 would be dismantled to ground level. The decision has prompted anger and claims that the government has failed to listen to the views of the bereaved and survivors.
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