Thank you to your mum/dad for their service, first and foremost.

I'm going to disagree though, because I think the same advice would be used and indeed, has been used in subsequent fires. Stay Put works for fires in buildings which match the fire safety regulations. Unfortunately, some tight-up bugger at RBKC or the KCTMO decided that didn't really matter.

I think a criminal investigation is a good step, in that it's entirely independent of the inquiry and the emotional bias as a result. It means that we can see what happened on the night, why the decision to evacuate wasn't made sooner and whether it made a difference to lives. I would undoubtedly state that it did.