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A blogger who raised safety concerns about Grenfell Tower was viewed by its landlords as a “negative force”, with one director asking a colleague to look into whether his critical writings were “libellous”, an inquiry has heard. Resident Edward Daffarn, who lived on the 16th floor, was a long-term campaigner about issues at the tower, and famously predicted a fire in a blog post seven months before the June 2017 blaze that claimed 72 lives. On Tuesday, a public inquiry into the fire was...

Resident who predicted the fire months in advance, and six other survivors will be cross-examined Edward Daffarn, who had predicted the Grenfell Tower fire in a blogpost, was accused by the building’s management organisation of souring the landlord-tenant relationship. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian Edward Daffarn, who had predicted the Grenfell Tower fire in a blogpost, was accused by the building’s management organisation of souring the landlord-tenant relationship. Photogr...