Firefighters who saved lives while tackling the devastating fire at Grenfell Tower have now since been diagnosed with terminal cancer, an investigation by the Mirror has found.

An investigation by the Mirror has found that firefighters – some aged only in their 40s – are suffering from rare cancers linked to high levels of exposure to contaminants while fighting the fire.

The news organisation reports that up to a dozen have been diagnosed with cancer, most of which are understood to be digestive cancers and leukaemia.

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The fire, which claimed the lives of 72 men, women and children on June 14 2017, rocked the nation.

Grenfell was one of the deadliest blazes since the Second World War and new details are emerging regularly.

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