Image copyright PA Media The London Fire Brigade has been interviewed under caution by police investigating the Grenfell Tower fire.
The fire service said it voluntarily gave an interview “as a body, rather than an individual” in relation to the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
London Fire Commissioner Dany Cotton said she recognizes that survivors and the bereaved needed answers.
The Metropolitan Police is probing the fire in west London in June 2017 in which 72 people died.
Ms Cotton said hundreds of LFB staff had already provided voluntary police interviews and the service would continue to assist investigators.
“We must all understand what happened and why to prevent communities and emergency services from ever being placed in such impossible conditions ever again,” she added.
Gren fell United, the group representing survivors and bereaved families, said it was “only right” that the fire brigade was facing questions.
It said: “We have been very patient but in the months ahead we need to see organizations and individuals being brought to account, lessons being learnt and changes being made.”
The police interview focused on sections 2 and 3 of the Health and Safety at Work Act.
The law is designed to ensure that employees and non-employees are not exposed to unreasonable risks.
In a statement,the LFB said it was making the interview public “in accordance with its commitments to transparency”.
The second phase of thepublic inquiry into the fireis not due to start until early next year and police have said no decision on charges will be made until it is complete, which could be in 2022.
In June, the Met Police said 13 interviews had been carried out under caution by detectives investigating the fire.
The force said about 7, 100 statements have been taken from witnesses, community and family members, emergency services personnel and others.
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