Families of Grenfell Tower victims told block will be demolished The families of the people killed in the Grenfell Tower fire have spoken out after being told the block will be demolished.
Grenfell Tower Silent Walk London, UK - 14 Dec 2024] Some 72 people were killed in the blaze, which ripped through the London tower block on June 14, 2017, due to being clad in combustible materials.
Grenfell Next of Kin, a group representing some of the bereaved families, says Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, who is also Housing Secretary, ‘announced the decision that the tower will have to be carefully deconstructed’.
A government spokesperson said: ‘The priority for the Deputy Prime Minister is to meet with and write to the bereaved, survivors and the immediate community to let them know her decision on the future of the Grenfell Tower.
The Grenfell Tower Memorial Commission has been consulting separately on plans for a permanent memorial in the area of the tower, and in 2023 set out recommendations for a ‘sacred space’ for ‘remembering and reflecting’.
