![Grenfell Tower: UK announces plans to demolish shell tower block almost eight years after fire that killed 72 Grenfell Tower: UK announces plans to demolish shell tower block almost eight years after fire that killed 72](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/gettyimages-973125278.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill)
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The UK government on Friday announced plans to dismantle the remains of London’s Grenfell Tower, almost eight years after the deadliest fire in Britain since World War II swept through the high-rise apartment building, killing 72 people.
Some of those who lost loved ones in the fire that broke out in the early morning hours of June 14, 2017, have criticized the decision because they wanted to preserve the building’s charred skeleton as a monument to those who died.
But the government said that redeveloping the site would help the community heal by removing the remains of the 24-story building, which looms over the North Kensington neighborhood in west…