Grenfell families give damning verdict on fire brigade As the first report into the Grenfell Tower fire is released, survivors who lost family members heap blame on the London Fire Brigade for telling residents to stay in their flats hours after the fire took hold. The inquiry into the 2017 inferno at Grenfell Tower said highly combustible cladding fixed to the 24-storey block was the "principal reason" the fire spread so quickly. But it also accused London Fire Brigade of "systemic failings" in its response, in particular its advice to residents to stay in their flats rather than try to escape. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES