Grenfell Tower inquiry: Block management was a mini-mafia
By Tom Symonds
image captionEdward Daffarn described Grenfell Tower s management as a mini-mafia
A Grenfell resident who predicted a catastrophic event would happen at the tower has defended his description of its management as a mini-mafia .
Edward Daffarn and another resident repeatedly attacked the Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation (KCTMO) in a blog.
Mr Daffarn told a public inquiry his description of the organisation was not glib, shoot from the hip expressions .
Seventy-two people died in the Grenfell fire on 14 June 2017.
Giving evidence at the inquiry into the disaster, Mr Daffarn said he had spent a long, long time thinking how to describe this organisation but he wouldn t change a single word of it.
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GRENFELL Tower’s building managers adopted a “stay put” fire policy for convenience rather than safety, a survivor told the inquiry into the disaster today.
Edward Daffarn said he had repeatedly tried to get more clarity on what safety procedures were in place before the fire that destroyed the west London block of flats in June 2017.
Mr Daffarn, who founded Grenfell Action Group in frustration at the building managers’ failure to engage with residents, said he had been growing increasingly worried about the “stay put” plan.
He said he was concerned that there was no plan for evacuation in the event of a large-scale fire or explosion at the tower.
The landlords of Grenfell Tower were allowed to “choose the price tag” of tenants’ lives, a former resident has said.
Speaking at an inquiry into the fire that killed 72 people in June 2017, Emma O’Connor – who lived on the 20th floor – said she had struggled to deal with the “rude” tenant management organisation.
Ms O’Connor, who has mobility problems and walks with crutches, said the Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation (KCTMO) would only give selective information on refurbishment work.
Residents were sent a newsletter on the works but Ms O’Connor said it was “only the bits they wanted to share with us”.