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Grenfell resident: ‘I’m just thankful my parents are alive’

Grenfell Tower resident Costa Suarez says he is “just thankful his parents are alive� after the Grenfell Tower fire.

His parents managed to escape the building quickly, but Costa said: “if they would have waited five/ten minutes more, they may have had to go through much worse conditions.

There have since been protests over the response to the disaster.

However, Costa said: “Up to now, we’ve got no complaints, [the council] have done everything swiftly and quickly.�

This clip is originally from 5 live Breakfast on Saturday 17 June 2017.

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