Up to a dozen Grenfell firefighters ‘diagnosed with rare cancers’.
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It has been six years since the Grenfell Tower fire but its impact is still felt (Picture: AFP/Getty Images)
Several Grenfell firefighters have been diagnosed with terminal cancer in the years after the blaze.
An investigation by The Mirror reveals there could up to a dozen cancer cases following the disaster, which killed 72 people in west London in June 2017.
Fire service sources told the newspaper how some firefighters only in their 40s are battling deadly cancers, and they are suspected to be linked to high exposure to pollutants.
The majority of diagnoses are for digestive cancers and leukaemia with some being terminal, but other illnesses have been highlighted including kidney failure, heart disease and strokes.
Officials are putting together a list of firefighters who attended Grenfell and have since been diagnosed with cancer. Metro.
