The final evidence sessions have heard unflinching accounts of how victims died, panicking and desperate in horrific conditions
Isra Ibrahim,Rania broadcast a video stream on Facebook which revealed the smoky chaos of the lobbies that deterred escape attempts.
“The whole building is burning and we’re on the top floor,” she can be heard saying. At 2.42am, long after the inquiry has found the “stay put” strategy should have been reversed, a fire brigade call handler said “the safest place for you at the moment is in the flat”. Remains suggested the adult women had made a cordon round the children.
From top left: Rania Ibrahim, Fethia Hassan, Hania Hassan and Mariem Elgwahry. Bottom: Sakina Afrasehabi, Fatemeh Afrasiabi, Hesham Rahman and Ernie VitalGasping for air, residents moved close to the windows. Abufras fell from the tower at 3.50am hitting the building entrance canopy. Five floors below, Paulos Tekle, the father of, five, considered jumping with his son to stop him burning. He reasoned his body might cushion Issac’s fall.
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