Tiago Alves, along with his father, mother and younger sister, all escaped from their home on the 13th floor in the early stages of the deadly blaze on June 14, 2017.
On the night of the fire his parents, returning home after dropping off family members at a hotel, became aware of smoke on the fourth floor.
Mr Alves’s father woke his sleeping children and alerted other residents on their floor to get out of the building. The fire would ultimately claim 72 lives.
Ahead of the fourth anniversary of the disaster yesterday, Mr Alves recalled the “frightening” and “chaotic” scenes, adding that he was “disappointed” at the progress since.
Mr Alves, 24, said: “There was a long time where I did feel like it could have been different, it could have been me.”
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