Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

Radio,12 Nov 2018,26 mins

89 Inspector Thatcher and Commander Jerome

The Grenfell Tower Inquiry Podcast

Available for over a year

Today the inquiry heard from the two most senior police officers to attend the fire. Inspector Nicholas Thatcher declared the fire a Major Incident shortly before arriving at the scene. Today he told the inquiry how he was afraid the tower would collapse onto members of the public watching from the ground. Commander Neil Jerome, chief officer on-call in London on the night of the fire, also gave evidence. Producers Kate Lamble and Elisabeth Mahy Researcher Olivia Beazley Contact us via email: [email protected]

Programme Website
More episodes