GRENFELL IS BLAMED FOR 6,000 SICK DAYS

PTSD hell of firefighters & call staff

- JOHN SIDDLE

FIREFIGHTERS and call handlers shattered by the Grenfell tragedy have taken more than 6,000 days off due to the psychological damage.

Union bosses say the June 2017 inferno in West London, in which 72 died, left many workers traumatised.

Twenty firefighters and three control room staff were diagnosed with PTSD - with 10 workers retired as a result.

Over 250 firefighters tackled the blaze, which started in a faulty fridge and spread to highly flammable cladding on the 24-storey tower in Kensington.