THE details which have been revealed about the Grenfell disaster, where various individuals had raised the alarm months if not years before the disaster but nothing was done because it would cost money, are reminiscent of all disasters ("Residents flee tower fire terror on same days as Grenfell anniversary", The Herald, June 15). By way of example, consider the Herald of Free Enterprise, the chemical explosion at Bhopal in India, the railway crashes after the privatisation of the trains. The whistle-blowers were ignored. No action was taken by the companies concerned because it would cost money and deprive shareholders of dividends and companies of profit.

The lives of human beings were not considered of any importance, they were secondary to profit. Will things change? I doubt it. The phrase that is always repeated is "lessons must be learned". But they never are.

Margaret Forbes,

Corlic Way, Kilmacolm.