London’s Notting Hill Carnival honours tower fire victims
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LONDON — Hundreds of thousands of revelers packed the streets of London for the annual Notting Hill Carnival on Monday, pausing their celebrations to remember the victims of the deadly Grenfell Tower fire.
The Caribbean carnival, billed as Europe’s biggest street party, winds through west London streets near the apartment tower block that was gutted by a June blaze that killed at least 80 people.
The carnival’s floats, steel bands and sound systems fell silent for a minute on Monday afternoon to remember those who died in the fire at a public housing high-rise.
Firefighters, many of whom battled the blaze, stood in a line outside the North Kensington fire station, removed their helmets and bowed their heads, before being applauded by carnival-goers.
