Grenfell lessons not learned’ as blaze residents told to stay put

RESIDENTS of a block of flats with Grenfell-style flammable cladding were told to "stay put" in their homes as fire ravaged the building and some alarms failed to go off, it was claimed today.

- Rachael Burford

Hundreds of people were evacuated from Petworth Court in Wembley last Monday as 25 fire engines and around 125 firefighters battled the blaze.

Families demanded an investigation after flammable cladding was identified on the building more than three years ago, but had not been replaced.

Brent North MP Barry Gardiner claimed that the incident showed the "lessons of Grenfell" have not been learned. He said he had written to block's owners, Octavia Housing, "repeatedly" and met the CEO last November after constituents complained of fire safety flaws.