On June 14, 2017, the 24-storey Grenfell Tower in west London caught fire. The fire claimed 72 lives at the time, but it seems increasingly like the disaster is still affecting us today. The Independent BooksAt least 12 rescue participants have been diagnosed with end-stage cancer.
About 1,300 people took part in the 60-hour fireworks, and many of them could inhale smoke containing toxic substances or wear their clothes in contact with contaminated materials for hours.
The analyzes came to the conclusion that the carcinogenic compounds were present in high concentration in the debris of the building, within a radius of two hundred meters, and caused serious damage to the health of many people.
And the English newspaper wrote that medical examinations revealed cancers of the gastrointestinal tract and leukemia, in addition to cancer, strokes, heart problems and kidney failure, and they were also recorded among the firefighters.
Firefighters are twice as likely to be diagnosed with cancer if they get soot in their nose or throat, and the same rate applies to those who remain in their contaminated equipment for more than four hours after a fire, according to research published this week.
In Grenfell Tower, a refrigerator causes a fire that starts to spread very quickly. One of the reasons for this is that the recently renovated building used combustible insulation materials for the cladding. Residents also complained that the alarms did not sound the alarm. In 2016, one of the residents wrote that the building was dangerous to life, and he was afraid to think that a catastrophe would bring all this to the surface. Inexplicably, signs have been posted in the building asking residents to stay in their apartments in the event of a fire. Fortunately, many people disobeyed these instructions and owed their lives to it.
In 2019, fire survivors and family members of the victims filed a lawsuit against the companies that insulated the building.
In addition to the builders, the municipal company that owns the house and is responsible for its operation was sued on behalf of 85 plaintiffs, and in 53 cases the claim was upheld. After the disaster, many people were left without a home, and this was also the subject of a lawsuit. Firefighters also filed lawsuits for injuries sustained on the job, but there were also those who were so traumatized by this fire that they could no longer work as firefighters.
