Grenfell Tower is a derelict 24-storey residential tower block in North Kensington in London, England. The tower was completed in 1974 as part of the first phase of the Lancaster West Estate. [1] Most of the tower was destroyed in a severe fire on 14 June 2017.

On 14 June 2017, a high-rise fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in North Kensington, West London, England, at 00:54 BST and burned for 60 hours. Seventy people died at the scene and two people died later in hospital, with more than 70 injured and 223 escaping.

4 days ago · “Grenfell Tower will be carefully taken down to the ground,″ the government said in a statement. A public inquiry found the tower block was a "death trap." Jack Taylor/Getty Images

6 days ago · The decision to deconstruct Grenfell Tower has been met with anger by some bereaved relatives and survivors of the fire that killed 72 people there in 2017. ... The west London tower block was ...

4 days ago · Grenfell Tower will be taken down, the government has confirmed nearly eight years after a fire that killed 72 people.. The process is expected to take around two years and will be done ...

6 days ago · The decision to deconstruct Grenfell Tower has been met with anger by some bereaved relatives and survivors of the fire that killed 72 people there in 2017. ... The west London tower block was ...

4 days ago · Grenfell Tower will be taken down, the government has confirmed nearly eight years after a fire that killed 72 people.. The process is expected to take around two years and will be done ...

6 days ago · Grenfell campaigners have reacted to the "deeply sensitive decision" by the deputy prime minister to demolish the tower block. Victims' families and survivors were given the news in a meeting ...

5 days ago · London’s Grenfell Tower, where a fire killed 72 people in 2017, will be dismantled because of safety concerns about the damaged tower block, deputy prime minister Angela Rayner is set to announce.

Sep 4, 2024 · The Grenfell Inquiry’s final report sets out how a chain of failures across government and the private sector led to Grenfell Tower becoming a death trap.