Experts warned of fire-spread risks two years before Grenfell

Grenfell Tower: studies by fire experts were blunt in their assessment that fire barriers installed in the wall cavities of some buildings were not performing effectively.Experts warned the government two years before the Grenfell Tower disaster that not enough was being done to tackle the risk of fire spreading through such buildings and that lives were in danger as a result.Experts believe that the same process in the cladding at Grenfell helped spread the June 2017 fire, which claimed 72 live