Grenfell Tower
Residential tower block in North Kensington, London, destroyed by fire in 2017.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Grenfell Tower Fire: London’s High-Rise Scandal | The B1M | subject | The 24-storey council tower block in North Kensington caught fire after midnight on 14 June 2017, starting in a fourth-floor kitchen (Flat 16). |
The Grenfell Tower Fire: London’s High-Rise Scandal — The B1M (2025)
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It’s the early hours of June 14th, 2017, and this West London neighbourhood is about to suffer one of the most shocking human tragedies of recent times.
- Role: subject
- In the video: The 24-storey council tower block in North Kensington caught fire after midnight on 14 June 2017, starting in a fourth-floor kitchen (Flat 16). The fire climbed the new aluminium composite cladding, engulfing the building; 72 of 297 occupants died. The video reconstructs the night, the cladding and insulation decisions, the inquiry’s 1,700-page report, and the unfinished remediation across the UK; it also visits the shrouded tower eight years on, with the government confirming in February 2025 it will be carefully dismantled.
- Why it matters: The site is the entire subject: the worst UK residential fire in decades, now a memorial site under protective sheeting, with a contested decision about demolition vs. preservation.