Torre Grenfell: El incendio al descubierto

A very well made documentary, excellent interviews.

The background and the technical aspects which were purposely kept from firefighters and safety advisory ignored is truly appalling.

The residents had been trying to improve the place they lived, and the place they ahd been paying for. The way they were ignored at multiple levels is disheartening but these folks fought back. They are still fighting.

This situation can happen again, causing further death and danger. These flammable materials should not be on any building, yet are apparently on many buildings in the UK and in other countries so this type of tragedy will occur again.

It feels like Piper Alpha, with Occidental never being charged--please charge the company and officials and decisionmakers that concealed the danger.

I have so many words I'd want to say but will narrow it down - it's a fantastic documentary well made and very much for the victims and against those who are at fault and not afford to name them. Crazy that Eric Pickles is now in the House of Lords making decisions. We the public did not elect him. He should be one of those held responsible for this horrible tragedy and should be in prison, not in the House of Lords !

This documentary sheds light on the injustices and the lack of accountability that still persist. It is a powerful reminder that those in power must be held to account, and that justice for the victims should never be forgotten. I highly recommend watching it to understand the full extent of the tragedy and the ongoing fight for truth and justice.

As an American...especially in these unimaginable trump presidency days... this documentary is the flashing neon sign reminding me (and hopefully many others) that the desire to be less regulated by government is like crossing your fingers.

When are more people going to understand that the people driving the "less regulation" train is big business?

Why does it take tragedy after tragedy in places all around the world to remind people that big businesses and government will almost always choose profit & lower cost OVER people's lives?

An oil spill, this fire, a train derailed-and everyone seems to remember why regulations are needed. But the loopholes for govt & big businesses are found & within a few days - some people resort back to screaming for "less regulation".

This documentary is a reminder that when money drives your travel, shelter, food, health, etc - regulations & enforcement of them, shouldn't only become important when a disaster like this touches your life.

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?

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.