Overview
- Marcio Gomes revealed that his wife fell into an induced coma after losing their seven-month-old unborn baby during the Grenfell Tower fire.
- He described being alerted by a neighbour in the early hours and initially told by 999 operators to stay put before flames engulfed their 21st-floor flat.
- Gomes recounted how the blaze entered their bedroom, setting curtains and a Moses basket alight and forcing an immediate evacuation.
- During the escape he lost sight of his two daughters in thick smoke but was reunited with them outside and received ambulance care.
- Netflix’s ‘Grenfell: Uncovered’ premieres on June 20 to document the government and industry failures that the public inquiry found contributed to the disaster.