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BRE warned about Kingspan’s misuse of fire tests four years before Grenfell, inquiry hears

By 2021-02-26T11:09:00

Grenfell

Celotex manager emailed BRE flagging concerns in 2013

The Building Research Establishment (BRE) was warned four years before the Grenfell Tower fire that Kingspan had been misusing a fire test to sell an insulation product for high rise buildings, the inquiry has heard.

Thursday’s hearing was shown an October 2013 email from Jonathan Roper, former assistant product manager at insulation manufacturer Celotex, to BRE business group manager Stephen Howard about its rival manufacturer.

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