Met interviews London fire brigade over Grenfell Tower disaster

LFB questioned under caution as corporate body in relation to health and safety offences

Detectives investigating possible criminality before and during the Grenfell Tower disaster have interviewed leaders of the London fire brigade in relation to health and safety offences which may have contributed to the deaths of 72 people.

The Metropolitan police interviewed the LFB under caution as a corporate body, bringing the number of such interviews to 17 so far, two years and three months after the tragedy. Unnamed others have also been questioned in relation to offences of gross negligence manslaughter and corporate manslaughter, but police have said charges are unlikely to be brought until 2021, after the conclusion of the parallel public inquiry into the 14 June 2017 fire.