Grenfell suppliers knew their products would burn ‘with lethal speed’, inquiry told

By Tom Lowe and Dave Rogers2020-11-10T07:00:00

Hearing shown internal documents from Arconic and Celotex flagging worries about suitability of materials used in refurb

Lawyers for the bereaved and survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire have said products firms Arconic, Celotex and Kingspan carried out “widespread and persistent wrongdoing” in the run up to the fire.

The next phase of the inquiry into the disaster began last week after contractors and consultants spent weeks being grilled about their involvement in refurbishment that finished months before the June 2017 fire which killed 72 people.

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