The head of the London Fire Brigade says she will not resign despite criticism of how it responded to the Grenfell disaster.
Dany Cotton told Sky News that "it's important for me to continue to protect the people of London".
The report was critical of the LFB, particularly over its "stay put" strategy which meant residents were told to stay in their flats by firefighters and 999 operators for nearly two hours after the June 2017 blaze started just before 1am.
The report concluded fewer people would have died if residents had been evacuated while it was still possible, and if "serious shortcomings" had not plagued the fire service's response.
She pointed out that over the last five years, there have been more than 5,000 high-rise fires in London and for virtually all of them "stay put" has been the "right policy and has protected the people in those buildings".
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The report accused Ms Cotton of "remarkable insensitivity" after she said at the inquiry she would not have done anything differently on the night.
Speaking to Sky News, the fire chief said: "Clearly knowing what we know now about the building and about ACM cladding we would do things differently.
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"But the one thing that I want to make clear is if I caused any additional hurt or upset to the people of Grenfell that was never my intention."
She added of her comments: "I regret they caused offence."
Ms Cotton, 50, is due to retire, reportedly with a £2m pension pot.
She was asked by Sky correspondent Alex Rossi: "Some of the survivors can't understand why you are retiriRead More – Source
