Buildings wrapped in 'solid gasoline'

Years after the Grenfell Tower fire, its lessons have gone unlearned.

Sign up for Reuters newsletters One Essential Read One Essential Read Recommended by Edson Caldas, Newsletter Editor Buildings wrapped in 'solid gasoline'   A public inquiry into the 2017 London Grenfell Tower fire concluded that a "culmination of decades of failure" by the government and the construction industry led to the disaster that killed 72 people. This detailed visual piece by Mariano Zafra and Sudev Kiyada shows that, seven years after the tragedy, building codes in many countries don't require the removal of flammable polymers from cladding. View the graphics Sponsors are not involved in the creation of newsletters or other Reuters news content. Advertise in this newsletter or on Reuters.com Reuters One Essential Read is sent three days a week. Think your friend or colleague should know about us? Forward this newsletter to them. They can also sign up here. Want to stop receiving this email? Unsubscribe here. To manage which newsletters you're signed up for, click here. Reuters Terms & Conditions and Privacy Statement © 2024 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved. 3 Times Square, New York, NY 10036