London fire chief has memory loss over Grenfell

Traumatic memory loss has plagued the head of the London Fire Brigade (LFB) following the Grenfell Tower fire, she revealed.

Commissioner Dany Cotton told of how she struggled to talk about the tragedy or look at images of the inferno in the months after the blaze in June last year.

She revealed she has experienced significant memory gaps following the catastrophic tower block fire and has received therapy to help her process the trauma.

One of the key events she was still unable to recall was when she was almost hit as a large piece of debris crashed down from the tower.

In a written statement to police, shared with the public inquiry into the fire, Ms Cotton said: “I’m still finding it very difficult to look at visual images and have conversations about Grenfell.”