Disastrous test failure on ACM cladding was ‘forgotten’, Grenfell inquiry hears

By Tom Lowe2022-03-22T10:52:00

Source: PA Images

Senior civil servant responsible for building fire safety says 2001 tests “just got missed”

A series of dramatic failed fire tests on ACM cladding before the Grenfell tower fire had “just got forgotten”, a senior civil servant has told the inquiry into the disaster.

Brian Martin said the government-commissioned fire tests, carried out 16 years before the West London blaze, “just got missed”.

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