Woman collapses outside Grenfell Inquiry as fire footage is shown

A woman has collapsed outside the Grenfell Tower inquiry after footage of the burning building was shown on screen.

The film had formed part of a commemoration to the Choucair family, three generations of whom died in the fire.

Inquiry staff were supposed to notify those in attendance, including many survivors and bereaved relatives, before images of the tower appeared.

Instead, phone camera footage flashed on both screens at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel, South Kensington, showing flames engulfing the block.

Huge distress instantly washed over the room and many of those affected could be seen burying their faces in their hands. People then began flooding from the room in tears. Their cries could be heard from the hallway.

Bernard Richmond QC, counsel to the inquiry, was forced to pause the video.

Several minutes later, he said: