Council chief quits in wake of London fire

A poisonous gas may have caused the deaths of some of the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire in West London.

Experts say the type of insulation foam used in the building produces hydrogen cyanide at high temperatures.

King’s College Hospital has confirmed three patients treated there were given an antidote for it.

Meanwhile the chief executive of Kensington and Chelsea council has quit after a barrage of criticism over its response to the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy.

Nicholas Holgate says he would have been a “distraction” if he had stayed in his post after the “heart-breaking tragedy”, which left at least 79 feared dead.