Residents received ‘repeated assurances’ about fire safety when they raised concerns

clothing and unco-ordinated aid to London, to think again before setting out. Unco-ordinated but well intended goodwill will put strain on the already stressed community response.

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In London, restaurants have opened their doors to feed people affected by the disaster, including one run by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver.

Actor and producer Noel Clarke, who grew up in the area and whose mother lives close by, has also helped coordinate aid to victims by rallying major firms to donate clothes and food and helping at a centre set up to accommodate those evacuated.

He wrote: “I love my area. We know people in there. Not heard from all.” Residents of Grenfell Tower warned that they believed “only a catastrophic event” would force their landlord to take action amid repeated warnings that they considered the block to be a fire risk.

In a series of blog posts on the Grenfell Action Group’s website last year, residents said they believed the building, which was built in 1974 and housed 120 flats, was a health and safety risk.

They claimed it would take a major incident which resulted “in serious loss of life” to make the Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation (KCTMO), take notice.

An £8.6 million refurbishment of the block in