About Grenfell Tower Fire | What Went Wrong - Countdown to Catastrophe (2/6)
Seventy-two people died when a fire destroyed the Grenfell Tower, in west London, in June 2017, in one of the UK's worst modern disasters. Fire raced up the exterior of the building in a matter of minutes, eventually spreading to all four sides and making escape and rescue impossible for dozens trapped inside. What went wrong in the Grenfell Tower? Through interviews with those directly involved, this documentary investigates the decades long housing crisis in London that contributed to dangerous living conditions in Grenfell Tower, documents the dramatic events on the night of the fire and delves into the theory being investigated in a public inquiry that highly combustible material in the cladding was the primary cause of the fire's spread. ------- Chapters ▷ 0:00 - Intro ▷ 02:33 - Grenfell Tower Fire | What Went Wrong - Countdown to Catastrophe (2/6) ▷ 46:38 - Credits ------- ------- “What went wrong? Countdown to Catastrophe dives deep into six catastrophic events that stunned the world, a high adrenaline engineering series about interface between man and machine. Each disaster is retold through
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- Title
- Grenfell Tower Fire | What Went Wrong - Countdown to Catastrophe (2/6)
- Category
- Society
- Runtime
- 46 minutes
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- wocomoDOCS
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