Grenfell Tower residents did NOT want sprinklers fitted, Tory council leader claims express.co.uk

A TORY council leader squirmed when asked why the Grenfell Tower block was not fitted with sprinklers and shifted the blame to the distraught residents.Nick Paget-Brown, the Tory leader of Kensington and Chelsea council, said there was not a “collective view" among residents in favour of sprinklers.

He said to BBC Newsnight: “I didn't consider retrofitting sprinklers because we were told that what you try to do when you are refurbishing is to contain a fire within a particular flat so that the fire service can evacuate that flat, deal with the fire.

“There was not a collective view that all the flats should be fitted with sprinklers because that would have delayed and made the refurbishment of the block more disruptive.