Il disastro di Grenfell

High quality and detailed. Pretty much what I needed to understand about the disaster.

They go over how the cladding was plastic and therefore an extreme fire hazard that killed the people caught in the tower fire.

Greedy building managers and constructers bought plastic cladding to save money by not buying metal.

The Labour government was trying to remove laws and regulations meaning creating new laws demanding fireproof material for buildings was not possible during that period.

The interviewed survivors are not as detailed. They claim someone told them to stay inside and wait for rescue which killed many. This is said time and time again. Yet not a single person says who told them to remain inside. It was just claimed. By 999 the British 911? Firemen? Cops at the scene? And if some didn't get told this why didn't they run down? The documentary tells us firemen were indeed not trained for such situations where the cladding would be on fire and spread toxic fumes inside the whole building and burn it all down.

It was extremely clear pretty much right away you needed to leave the building. Even laymen outside could see this and shouted this. So who told them to remain inside and why? And were those people imprisoned? If no one said it why are the survivors lying?

Those responsible need to be held accountable!

Grenfell Uncovered is a harrowing, necessary watch-but what's most disturbing is what hasn't happened. The documentary lays bare the tragic sequence of failures, greed, and neglect that led to 72 needless deaths. It's a sobering account, yet years later, no one has been held accountable. No justice, no charges-just silence and bureaucracy. The film reignites fury, forcing us to confront a system that allowed this disaster and continues to protect those responsible. It's an indictment, not just of the fire, but of the inaction that followed.

Money Rules :(

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In June 2017, an emergency call was made to the London fire brigade, regarding an apparently minor fire in a flat, which escalated into a towering blaze. With conflicting advice emerging from the fire service, the residents of Grenfell Tower remained in their homes, but even with the best efforts of the firefighters, seventy-two people ended up losing their lives. Afterwards, survivors and activists rallied together to demand justice and affect change.

In a year littered with devastating incidents (usually of the terrorism variety), the Grenfell Tower fire sticks in the mind on its own terms, both for the shock value of the event, and the social unrest and change it provoked in the aftermath. Nearly a decade on (unbelievable), Netflix delivers this neat little documentary, giving a human voice to those directly affected, from survivors to fire crew who attended the scene.

Unsurprisingly (if you drop your biases and think about things) none of the interviewees meet your stereotypes or perceptions of how they might be. We hear from a young woman who was sitting her exams at the time and had predicted good grades, as well as a well spoken man who wouldn't have wanted to have lived anywhere else. Whether these stereotypes existed or not, it's unsettlingly clear that the company in charge of the cladding didn't seem to think much of them, having been warned of the dangers and unsuitability of the material long in advance of the devastating incident.

Ultimately, the most unsettling aspect of the whole thing is that there are any number of high rises that still to this day have the same unsafe cladding, and that it's basically just a matter of time before something similar happens. The lives of the poor really have as little value in a 'first world' country as anywhere else, it seems. ****

This documentary does an excellent job of exposing the deep flaws, corruption, and shocking cover-ups that led to the Grenfell tragedy. But what made me genuinely angry was the so-called "stay put" protocol.

In a high-rise building - where heat and smoke rise (basic physics!) - the idea of telling residents to remain in their flats while the building burns is beyond reckless. It's a policy built on paper logic, not lived experience. It may look good on a spreadsheet, under perfect assumptions: perfect construction, flawless fire barriers, ideal conditions. But real fires don't behave like that. Smoke and flames spread fast, unpredictably. And the longer residents are told to stay inside, the greater the risk that escape routes will fill with smoke, stairwells will become impassable, and safe evacuation will no longer be an option.

I'm writing this from a place where Fire & Rescue Services strongly encourage early self-evacuation - if you can get out safely, go. Don't wait for firefighters. We are taught that smoke kills faster than flames, and that moving early can make the difference between life and death. Public awareness here is clear: the higher you are in the building, the greater the danger. Every second counts.

One thing I felt was missing in the documentary: some parts felt incomplete. For example, it was never clearly explained how the fire was eventually brought under control and put out. The timeline just skipped to a week after the fire. Also, a simple schematic illustrating the building's interior layout, stairwells, and the fire's progression would have greatly helped viewers visually understand the situation better.

It's important to acknowledge the firefighters who risked everything and now must live with the trauma of that night. They did what they could under impossible conditions, but it's clear they were constrained by confusing protocols and insufficient information.

Grenfell: Uncovered reinforced how deadly it can be when flawed policies are blindly followed long past the point where common sense and basic survival instinct should take over.

I sincerely hope that every person involved in causing this disaster faces full accountability.

I enjoyed this documentary very much. It was well done. But, I cannot understand how in 2017 a tower building did not have a sprinkler system or fire suppression system. And how could the fire service have told people to stay in their homes. This was a tragedy that did not need to happen on so many levels. The company that made the flammable products were definitely at fault, but there were so many mistakes made. Here in the US, we have very strict regulations on fire protection. NO high rise would be allowed y to have families live in the building that had no Fire suppression system. They were let down by so many.