Grenfell survivor in whose flat fire started describes anguish to victims’ event

Behailu Kebede remains ‘broken inside’ despite bearing no responsibility, as company executives listen at testimony week

The minicab driver in whose flat the Grenfell Tower fire started has said his heart is “full of pain, grief and desolation” and he can “never forget that it was in my flat, in my kitchen that the fire started … and all those lives were lost”.

Behailu Kebede, who lived in Grenfell Tower for 25 years, told a highly charged hearing in central London – attended by 24 executives from companies accused of responsibility for the fire – that he remains “broken inside”.