The external walls of Grenfell Tower should have been checked during a fire risk assessment, the Grenfell Inquiry has heard.

Arup fire consultant Barbara Lane contradicted an earlier expert witness, consultant Colin Todd, who told the inquiry he did not believe the tower’s external walls were in the scope of most routine fire assessments.

Former firefighter Carl Stokes, who carried out a risk assessment of the building for Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation (KCTMO) prior to the fire which claimed 72 lives in June 2017, had not deemed the external walls or their cladding in scope of his checks.

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