Three-quarters of residents killed in the fire at Grenfell Tower were told to 'stay put' by 999 operators, a controversial documentary has claimed.
Fifty-five of the 72 who died were told to stay in flats for almost two hours after the first 999 call, despite flames spreading with terrifying speed through flammable cladding.
Survivors and bereaved families told Channel 4's Dispatches they believed all the residents could have survived if fire brigade operators had instructed them to evacuate earlier.
A new documentary claims three-quarters of people killed in the Grenfell Tower fire were told to 'stay put' by emergency services
Marcio Gomes, whose baby was stillborn hours after his family escaped, said: 'They would have saved everybody if the decision was to get everybody out...'
Grenfell: Did The Fire Brigade Fail?, which airs tonight at 8pm, analysed witness statements and evidence from the Grenfell Inquiry.
It said evidence pointed to a 'systemic failure' in the London Fire Brigade (LFB) on the night of June 14, 2017, when it followed its 'stay put' policy despite previous recommendations to retrain commanders on what to do if that failed.
An LFB spokesman said it did not take part in filming due to the ongoing public inquiry.
Responding to the programme, which will air on Monday evening, one of the survivors and bereaved campaign groups Grenfell United said LFB commissioner Dany Cotton had 'steadfastly refused' to acknowledge any failures.
Survivors and bereaved families say in the documentary that there could have been no deaths if a mass evacuation was ordered
It also said she needed to explain why families were not believed about the spread of the fire, a lack of communication with 999 operators and why the Commissioner did not 'take charge' when she arrived.
The LFB has briefed firefighters not to talk to journalists about the night, but one employee spoke to Channel 4 anonymously.
He said there was insufficient training given about evacuating entire buildings and criticised Ms Cotton for telling the public inquiry preparing for Grenfell was akin to planning for a space shuttle landing on the Shard.
The Grenfell Inquiry heard fire chiefs had no training on when to evacuate tower blocks
He told the programme: 'It really annoyed me straight afterwards because everyone was ... 'this fire is unprecedented'. We had a lot of that. I think that's [the] narrative that they want you to think because that kind of suggests that no one's responsible.
'But the warning signs were there. We could have learnt these lessons. The stuff that the Coroner recommended from Lakanal House would have given Michael the tools he needed to recognise that that building was not acting how it should have acted. We could see this coming.'
He was referring to recommendations made after a fire in a block of flats in 2009 where six people died after fire spread through multiple compartments.
Reacting to the documentary, Grenfell United said: 'Firefighters saved lives but they were let down, just as we were, because their leaders failed to learn lessons from previous fires and to step up to make critical decisions on the night.'
The group continued: 'Dany Cotton has so far steadfastly refused to acknowledge any failures.
'That attitude must change if survivors and bereaved families are to rest knowing that everything will be done to make sure a tragedy like this never happens again.'
LFB Commissioner Dany Cotton received criticism for saying the emergency services response was 'fantastic'
An LFB spokeswoman said: 'Our thoughts are with the Grenfell community. It's essential to understand what happened on the night.
'We are listening, we are learning and already making changes. We all need to learn about the cause and response to the fire to prevent such an incident happening again.
'We strongly believe drawing conclusions before the public inquiry, police investigation and our own investigation, could be prejudicial, which is why we could not take part in this programme.
'Our staff acted on what they faced that night and not on what we have learnt subsequently about why and how the fire spread with such devastating consequences.'
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