Legal Tribunal | Grenfell firefighter sacked for health and safety violation

A firefighter who helped tackle the Grenfell blaze is taking his employer to a tribunal after he was sacked for breaking health and safety rules – the Sun reports.

Charlie Kaye was fired after he entered a burning property in Essex without his work partner to try to rescue someone he believed was still trapped inside. His team had already rescued a woman, who suffered from dementia, who claimed her son was still inside the building. However, there was nobody left to be saved.

Now, he is taking London Fire Brigade to an employment tribunal to try to get his job back. “I feel it’s a massive injustice,” he told the Sun. “I acted out of courage on that job. I ran in to try and save someone, but they’ve thrown the book at me.

"I went in to do a good act and do what I love doing - helping people.”