London Fire Brigade commissioner Andy Roe acknowledged this would have had “an impact on people’s decision making”.
Residents of Grenfell Tower were told to “stay put for too long” during the fire which destroyed the building, London Fire Brigade boss Andy Roe has told the BBC.
A public inquiry has been hearing evidence about the causes of - and response to - the fire since September 2017. Its final report is due next month. The effectiveness of “stay put” - which remains the policy in the event of fire in most high-rise buildings - relies on a building being properly constructed. Regulations should prevent fire spreading from one flat to another for at least 60 minutes.
“It was a shock - people were screaming,” Mr Roe said. “I could look into the building and see that fire was a long way inside it. People hanging from windows. Unbelievable...people on the ground as well. Revoking the "stay put" advice was “an easy decision to take”, he said, but would have been more difficult to make earlier in the night, due to the risks of evacuating people through smoke logged stairwells.Munira Mahmoud, a Grenfell resident who left the tower with her children on the night of the fire, last spoke to her friend Rania Ibrahim, who lived on the 23rd floor, at around 03:00.
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