Sixth person arrested over probe into video of Grenfell Tower ‘bonfire’

A SIXTH person has been arrested following a police investigation into an “offensive” video showing a model of Grenfell Tower being burned on a bonfire.

The Metropolitan Police confirmed that a 19-year-old man was arrested under the Public Order Act.

Scotland Yard had already said it was questioning five men from south and south-east London, aged between 19 and 55, who handed themselves in on Monday night.

They were arrested on suspicion of intentionally causing harassment, alarm or distress under the Public Order Act.

Officers were seen searching an address in South Norwood in relation to the incident earlier yesterday.

Aerial images of the property appeared to show charred patches of grass along with an England flag lying across the rear of the garden.

A similar flag was visible behind the Grenfell model in the video.

The footage, which emerged on Monday, shows a large flammable model marked “Grenfell Tower”, complete with paper figures at the windows, being set on fire.

In the video clip posted online, raucous laughter can be heard off camera as the model is set alight.

The chairman of the public inquiry into the fire, Sir Martin Moore-Bick, called the video “offensive” as he opened yesterday’s hearing.

He said: “It must be shocking and distressing to all those involved... whatever form their involvement took, whether as bereaved, survivors or indeed members of the wider community.

“I am very pleased to hear that the authorities are taking the matter very seriously and that an investigation is under way.”

A total of 72 people died as a result of the tragedy at the tower block last June.