GRENFELL’S GROUND ZERO: BUT WHAT DID START THE HORROR?

RELEASED for the first time yesterday, these images reveal the charred and mangled remains of the inside of the flat where the grenfell tower inferno began.

Walls and ceilings are blackened and kitchen appliances sit scorched and warped out of shape inside fire-ravaged flat 16 on the fourth floor.

What was left of the fridge freezer – which it was previously suggested by police was to blame – is visible, along with the washing machine, microwave and other items, including one identified in an official report as ‘possible kettle’ and another as ‘possible toaster’.

sliding doors which separated the kitchen from the living room, which was reduced to the same ghostly appearance, are gone.

niamh nic Daeid, Professor of Forensic science at the Leverhulme research Centre at the University of Dundee, made two visits to grenfell, during which she was provided with access to flat 16.

in a report released yesterday, she told how firefighters also captured images of the inside of flat 16 on the night of the fire with a thermal imaging camera.

Firefighter Daniel Brown, who broke down the door of the two-bedroom flat, said that ‘black smoke billowed out’.

Professor Daeid said it was possible to say that the origin of the fire was in the southeast corner of the kitchen and that ‘it is more likely than not that this was in or around the area of the tall fridge freezer’. But she said there was insufficient information to pinpoint the cause of the fire.

KITCHEN Devastation: The twisted remains of appliances in the kitchen where the fire began – including some simply marked as possible toaster and kettle

LIVING ROOM Wreck: The blackened walls and windows of the living room. Much of the furniture appears to have survived

fire began – including some simply marked as possible toaster and kettle

Chaos: Water from the fire fighting operation sits on the floor of one of the bedrooms but the walls and bed appear to have largely escaped fire damage in the inferno

furniture appears to have survived