Grenfell Tower firefighters win £20m damages in out-of-court settlement

Action involved 114 firefighters who sued construction firms, landlord and London fire commissioner

Firefighters who attended the Grenfell Tower fire have secured up to 1.1m each in compensation after they sued construction companies, the landlord of the council block and the London fire commissioner.

Payouts to 114 firefighters will vary from 10,000 to 1.1m and total 20m. The out-of-court settlement follows a 150m payout last year in a similar civil claim brought by the nearly 900 bereaved, survivors and residents of the disaster in west London that killed 72 people.