London — A fatal fire at a London housing block in 2009 should have alerted the London Fire Brigade (LFB) to the “shortcomings” in its ability to fight blazes in high-rise buildings, the final report ...

There were “serious shortcomings” and “systematic” failures by the London Fire Brigade (LFB) in its response to the Grenfell disaster, according to the official report into the tragedy. The report ...

Seventy-two people lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower fire of 2017 - Jeremy Selwyn/Getty Images Victims of the Grenfell Tower fire have received less compensation on average than the firefighters ...

A Grenfell Tower resident was told to remain in their flat more than 15 minutes after the London Fire Brigade’s “stay put” advice was changed, a public inquiry has heard. Scotland Yard’s control room ...

In the early hours of Monday morning, a fire destroyed the Spectrum Building, a seven-storey block in east London containing several floors of residential flats. It was only due to the action of ...

Hundreds of blocks of flats in London still have serious fire safety defects, according to new figures from the London Fire Brigade (LFB). More than 1,400 buildings have simultaneous evacuation plans ...

LONDON (Reuters) -A public inquiry into the devastating 2017 London Grenfell Tower blaze concluded on Wednesday that a "culmination of decades of failure" by the government and the construction ...

The latest figures show a high proportion of properties across London still require simultaneous evacuation plans - a measure used when fire safety standards are deemed too inadequate for residents to ...