'Our life changed overnight and no-one saw it coming'

For the survivors and those near bereaved by the events of 14 June 2017, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry answers successful item the questions astir what happened and why.

But for galore of them, closure volition lone travel with thing a nationalist enquiry cannot bring: justness for the 72 radical who died.

Those affected person told BBC News that accountability indispensable travel the inquiry's findings - that the occurrence was the effect of a concatenation of failures by governments, "dishonest" companies and a deficiency of strategy by the occurrence service.

The Metropolitan Police says immoderate transgression charges volition not beryllium brought for astatine slightest different 12-18 months.

"You were expected to support us; you were expected to fto america unrecorded successful our homes safely; you took that distant from us."

This is Yousra Cherbika's connection to those liable for the occurrence and its aftermath, as elaborate successful Sir Martin Moore-Bick's report.

She was 12 years aged erstwhile the occurrence happened and says she splits her beingness into the “happier times before” and what followed.

“Our beingness changed overnight and no-one saw it coming,” the 19-year-old told BBC London.

She lived successful Grenfell Walk, straight successful the shadiness of the tower, and was permanently evacuated arsenic a effect of the fire.

Ms Cherbika said she alerted her friend, Nur Huda el-Wahabi, to the fire, arsenic Nur and her household were dormant erstwhile it broke out.

"When it started reaching her floor, that's erstwhile I started to worry," she said.

On the phone, Nur said she would evacuate her household and told Ms Cherbika: "See you later."

"I ne'er spoke to her again aft that," Ms Cherbika added. Nur's parents and 2 brothers besides died successful the blaze.

"You don't deliberation that radical who are meant to support you would fto thing similar that happen," she said.

Of the 72 radical who died successful the tower, 18 were children.

“People successful my people were inactive connected the registry but they had passed,” Ms Cherbika told BBC London.

The household of Khadija Khalloufi, who was 52 erstwhile she died astatine Grenfell, were not amazed by what the last study revealed.

After 7 years, it's justness they are after.

"When you perceive that everything was avoidable and due to the fact that of their dishonesty, you person choler wrong you," her member Karim told BBC News.

"What are they waiting for, to marque charges, to marque transgression prosecutions, manslaughter? So wherefore are we going to hold much years, 3 oregon 4 oregon 5 years to person this justice?"

He said the household would not beryllium capable to determination connected until that happened.

"If we don't person this justness we volition talk each the clip astir Grenfell," Mr Khalloufi added. "We privation to talk astir her arsenic a bully representation but we talk each the clip astir however Khadijah was burnt, however she died successful those circumstances."

Emma O’Connor, who was connected the 20th level and escaped the fire, said she was gladsome the enquiry seat Sir Martin had laid the blasted “where it’s expected to be”.

She said that portion she was gladsome to get answers, "the existent combat continues" to triumph justness for the 72 radical who died.

Describing the temper successful the country arsenic the erstwhile High Court justice delivered the inquiry's findings, she said: “It was quiet, arsenic usual, arsenic it’s a tribunal setting, but determination was besides a batch of soundless tears. You conscionable privation to drawback immoderate of your neighbours and archer them, ‘it’s going to beryllium each right’.”

Ms O’Connor said she was not amazed the enquiry took truthful agelong to scope a conclusion, fixed the “disgusting magnitude of time” it took for the Hillsborough families to get the truth.

Despite the failings detailed, she said the London Fire Brigade was the lone organisation to travel retired of the enquiry with immoderate credibility aft implementing recommendations from the inquiry's archetypal phase.

Ms O'Connor besides thanked the enquiry sheet for the enactment they had done.

Deputy Assistant Commissioner of the Met Stuart Cundy said: “Our constabulary probe is autarkic of the nationalist inquiry. It operates nether a antithetic ineligible model and truthful we cannot simply usage the report’s findings arsenic grounds to bring charges."

He added that successful bid to "secure justness for those who died and each those affected by the fire" a thorough probe was needed, which would instrumentality "at slightest 12-18 months".