Evacuating Grenfell 'impossible owing to lack of resources'

Evacuating Grenfell Tower was “impossible” because insufficient firefighters and equipment had been deployed by the time the flames were at the top of the building, the first fire brigade commander on the scene has told the public inquiry into the disaster.Michael Dowden, a firefighter for 14 years and watch manager at North Kensington fire station, said that although the flames had risen to the top of the 24-storey tower by just before 1.30am on 14 June 2017, the instruction to resi