A report into a fire at an east London block of flats found a serious failure of the smoke ventilation system meant residents’ only escape route was smoke-logged, while timber decking may have ...

State-of-the-art ventilation systems used to clear cigarette smoke from bars and restaurants don't eliminate dangerous soot and carcinogens and can even push their levels higher in nonsmoking sections ...

The smoke ventilation system used in Grenfell Tower did not comply with official guidance and had never been employed by the designers on a previous building, the inquiry into the fire heard today.

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