Residents of London's Grenfell Tower were wrongly told to stay in their apartments as fire raged through the high-rise building nearly a year ago, aided by flammable external cladding and a host of fire-safety failings, an expert report said Monday. Add London as an interest to stay up to date on the latest London news, video, and analysis from ABC News. But residents of the 25-story building weren't warned to evacuate until more than an hour after that, at 2:47 a.m., Lane said. It will examine how the blaze started and spread, the response of emergency services and local authorities, and the country's high-rise building regulations. The group, which accuses local authorities and the government of failing to heed residents' safety warnings, said "the scale of the tragedy has devastated our lives and our community.

Source: ABC News June 04, 2018 07:46 UTC