'In tears' Fire chief reveals how fighters went back AGAIN and AGAIN to save lives
Dany Cotton, the London Fire Commissioner revealed that around 300 firefighters over the last 24 hours worked to rescue people from the building. She said that the Fire Brigade was not expecting to find any more survivors from the fire, which has killed at least 12 people and left another 78 injured. Speaking to Sky News, Ms Cotton said that her firefighters would be impacted psychologically by what they saw in the inferno. She said: “My crews that turned up did absolutely sterling work. They got in there they were very committed, even though the building was alight top to bottom, they were in fear of their own lives. “They went into that building, time after time, to rescue the people that we knew were in there, there was never any hesitation.
SKY NEWS•GETTY Dany Cotton has spoken of the toll taken on firefighters
“As the commissioner of London Fire Brigade, I was truly anxious for a long time about the safety of the building and my firefighters in there. But they were not going to stop until they physically couldn’t get in there anymore.” The Commissioner added that searching the building will take weeks as they attempt to identify who died during the blaze. Ms Cotton also said that the fire services suffered minor injuries as they tried to rescue those stuck in the fire. She added: “We have had nine minor injuries, from some burns to smoke inhalation to exhaustion. But considering the level of the incident, the debris falling on us, the heat in there, very minor. “The thing that worries me going forward is the psychological effect. A lot of my firefighters yesterday experienced things they will never have seen before.
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