Chapter 140: The Capable Henry

“And not long ago, June 14th, 2017, Grenfell Tower, Kensington, London——72 died, more than 70 injured. Fire spread rapidly up along the building’s exterior, due to the building's cladding, the external insulation, and the air gap between them which enabled the stack effect. It was the deadliest structural fire in the UK since the Piper Alpha disaster happened in 1988, and the worst UK residential fire happened since World War II.”

When I’m finished, I see Mr. Kruger and his assistant are stunned at where they stand, utterly dumbfounded, taking their time to digest and react.

Before they are going to say a word, I continue, “If there is a fire happening in your residential building, and your residents did not manage to escape, everyone is trapped and burnt alive… How many lives do you t