The deadly fire that claimed the lives of 79 people in London last week was fueled by materials installed on the building to comply with the U.K. government’s green energy rules, according to experts who spoke with the Daily Caller.
Grenfell tower was retrofitted with cladding at the cost of $12.8 million in 2015. That cladding acted to create a chimney effect, which caused the fire to spread rapidly upward.
“I have never seen a fire that has engulfed an entire building like this in a career of more than 30 years,” Matt Wrack, head Fire Brigades Union, told The Telegraph.
The burned-out shell of the Grenfell Tower block is seen behind terraced houses as local residents look on near the scene of the fire in North Kensington, west London on June 20, 2017. Niklas Halle'n/AFP/Getty Images
