Grenfell Tower Inquiry Exposes Systematic Failures Leading to Tragedy

A comprehensive report on the Grenfell Tower fire reveals decades of systemic failures, including incompetence and dishonesty among government, regulators, and industry. The 2017 blaze, which claimed 72 lives, was exacerbated by combustible cladding and lax safety protocols. Authorities face pressure to prosecute those responsible.

A damning report on a deadly London high-rise fire said Wednesday that decades of failures by government, regulators, and industry turned Grenfell Tower into a "death trap" where 72 people lost their lives.

The years-long public inquiry into the 2017 blaze concluded that there was no "single cause" of the tragedy, but said a combination of dishonest companies, weak or incompetent regulators, and complacent government led the building to be covered in combustible cladding that turned a small apartment fire into the deadliest blaze on British soil since World War II.

The inquiry's head, retired judge Martin Moore-Bick, said the victims' deaths were all avoidable, and "those who lived in the tower were badly failed over a number of years'' by multiple people and organizations.

(With inputs from agencies.)