Inquiry Into London’s Grenfell Fire will Hear Bereaved Speak of Lost Loved Ones

The burnt out remains of the Grenfell apartment tower are seen in Kensington, London, Britain on June 18, 2017. Reuters/Neil Hall

LONDON—People who lost family and friends in the Grenfell Tower fire, which killed 71 people in London last year, will pay tribute to their loved ones at the start of hearings at a public inquiry into the causes of the disaster.

Only a charred, gutted ruin remains of Grenfell Tower, a 24-storey social housing block in a deprived pocket of the rich west London borough of Kensington and Chelsea, since it was engulfed by flames in the middle of the night of June 14, 2017.