By Vanessa Allen for the Daily Mail
Published: 01:23 GMT, 18 February 2019 | Updated: 08:32 GMT, 18 February 2019
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Three-quarters of residents killed in the fire at Grenfell Tower were told to 'stay put' by 999 operators, a controversial documentary has claimed.
Fifty-five of the 72 who died were told to stay in flats for almost two hours after the first 999 call, despite flames spreading with terrifying speed through flammable cladding.
Survivors and bereaved families told Channel 4's Dispatches they believed all the residents could have survived if fire brigade operators had instructed them to evacuate earlier.
A new documentary claims three-quarters of people killed in the Grenfell Tower fire were told to 'stay put' by emergency services
Marcio Gomes, whose baby was stillborn hours after his family escaped, said: 'They would have saved everybody if the decision was to get everybody out...'
Grenfell: Did The Fire Brigade Fail?, which airs tonight at 8pm, analysed witness statements and evidence from the Grenfell Inquiry.
It said evidence pointed to a 'systemic failure' in the London Fire Brigade (LFB) on the night of June 14, 2017, when it followed its 'stay put' policy despite previous recommendations to retrain commanders on what to do if that failed.
An LFB spokesman said it did not take part in filming due to the ongoing public inquiry.
Responding to the programme, which will air on Monday evening, one of the survivors and bereaved campaign groups Grenfell United said LFB commissioner Dany Cotton had 'steadfastly refused' to acknowledge any failures.
Survivors and bereaved families say in the documentary that there could have been no deaths if a mass evacuation was ordered
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