The Metropolitan Police have finally formally announced the death toll from the Grenfell Towerfire as 71.
The 24-story block in London wasengulfed in flames on June 14 this year, and the search is now nearing its final stage, police don’t expect to find anyone else in the tower.
71 people have been formally identified by the Coroner, and the number includes a stillborn baby.
‘I have been clear from the start that a priority for us was recovering all those who died, and identifying and returning them to their families’ said Met Police Commander Stuart Cundy in a statement.
‘I cannot imagine the agony and uncertainty that some families and loved ones have been through whilst we have carried out our meticulous search, recovery and identification process.’
‘Specialist teams working inside Grenfell Tower and the mortuary have pushed the boundaries of what was scientifically possible to identify people.
‘After the fire was finally put out I entered Grenfell Tower and was genuinely concerned that due to the intensity and duration of the fire, that we may not find, recover and then identify all those who died.’
The criminal investigation into what actually happened at Grenfell still continues.
Some of those who lost their lives will be the subject of a newly announced BBC documentary which will look at their untold stories.
The show, fronted by Reggie Yates, will document the aftermath of the fire, conversations around what is being described as 'social apartheid' in the Kensington and Chelsea area, and the many conspiracy theories that were put forward at the time.
Using official documents, social media and phone records, Yates will try to find out more about those who died, and how they lived their lives.
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Yates has had a successful run of documentaries over the past few years, including a look at what it’s like for young people living in Russia, an exploration into race riots in the USA, and a show which saw him living as an inmate in a Texan jail.
This new documentary will be called ‘Reggie Yates: Searching For Grenfell’s Hidden Victims.’
‘I grew up in an estate like Lancaster West to parents who had moved to the UK from Ghana, so I understand what it means to live in a community like that,’ Yates said in a statement.
‘I understand the lazy preconceptions that sometimes exist. They are not places of decay and hopelessness, they are places of hope and energy and ambition. That’s the spirit I want to capture by uncovering the stories of those who lived there.’
*Reggie Yates: Searching For Grenfell’s Hidden Victims will air on BBC Two in 2018. *
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.