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Grenfell Inquiry: Top fire-safety official described ‘whoosh!’ as ACM panels ignited

By 2022-03-09T11:11:00

Richard Harral 2

Remark came in an email sent by DCLG’s Brian Martin 18 months before tower-block fire

The senior government official responsible for fire safety in buildings described combustible ACM panels as going “whoosh!” when ignited, the Grenfell Inquiry has heard.

Brian Martin used the phrase 18 months before the fire at Grenfell Tower in one of a series of bombshell emails shown to the inquiry yesterday.

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