鈥楴o stone unturned鈥 May says of fire inquiry
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BRITISH Prime Minister Theresa May promised yesterday a public inquiry into the deadly London tower block blaze would leave no stone unturned as she confirmed a retired judge would lead the investigation.
At least 80 people are presumed dead following the blaze on June 14 that gutted the 24-story Grenfell Tower social housing block in west London, trapping families as they slept.
Residents and relatives of those killed have demanded answers as to why the fire spread so rapidly and whether proper fire safety measures had been in place.
“I am determined that there will be justice for all the victims of this terrible tragedy and for their families who have suffered so terribly,” May said as she announced that retired Court of Appeal judge Martin Moore-Bick would head the inquiry.
“We must get to the truth about what happened. No stone will be left unturned by this inquiry, but I have also been clear that we cannot wait for ages to learn the immediate lessons and so I expect (the chairman) will want to produce an interim report as early as possible.”
Police have said exterior cladding, which was added during a recent refurbishment, failed all fire safety tests. Checks carried out since the fire have shown 137 other tower blocks had also failed tests, May’s spokesman said yesterday.
Moore-Bick said that the purpose of the inquiry would be to discover the truth about what happened.
“It is important for everyone that the inquiry should establish as quickly as possible the cause of the fire and how it was able to spread so quickly to the whole of the building,” said Moore-Bick.
He has spent more than 20 years as a judge before retiring last December.
The Times newspaper said members of May’s senior team had expressed initial misgivings about Moore-Bick after he ruled in favor of a London council in a dispute with a single mother of five children who had refused to be rehoused away from her home into a city north of London.
That ruling was overturned by the Supreme Court.
Families who survived the blaze at the Grenfell social housing block have expressed concerns that they will be rehoused away from the Kensington area in London.
The officer heading the police investigation said on Wednesday the final death toll from the fire would only be known after officers completed a painstaking search and recovery operation, which could take until the end of the year.
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