Investigators inch closer to belated justice for London apartment fire that killed 72

Source Scout · Courthouse News Service reports: Police examined 15,000 people and 700 organizations during a nine-year investigation into the deadliest residential fire in modern British history. MANCHESTER, England (CN) — British police have sent their final investigation files on the Grenfell Tower fire to prosecutors, seeking charges against 54 people and 20 companies and organizations over the 2017 disaster that killed 72 people. The Metropolitan Police said Wednesday that it had submitted 20 files to the Crown Prosecution Service, the independent agency that decides whether criminal charges should be brought in England and Wales.

WilluChill News DeskLondon · Published Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 4:23 PM UTCUpdated Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 6:38 PM UTC

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