Stephen Lawrence's mum has apologised after claiming the Grenfell firefighters were 'racist'.

In an interview with Channel 4, Baroness Doreen Lawrence said: "I think had that been a block full of white people in there they'll have done everything to get them out as fast as possible and make sure they did what they needed to do."

A petition was soon started in the hopes of getting an apology from Baroness Lawrence.

On October 29, Doreen Lawrence tweeted: "I've met @LondonFire & @LondonFBU. I am reassured race played no part in their response to the Grenfell Tower fire.

"Learning about the conditions firefighters faced that night has been insightful, apologies for any upset caused. I'm confident how valued equality is to LFB & FBU."

Stephen Lawrence was 18-year-old when he was fatally stabbed in a racially motivated attack in Eltham on April 22, 1993.

In the interview with Channel 4, Baroness Lawrence also said: "Nobody wanted to mention the word “race” in the whole thing.

"Cos when I saw the residents who lived in that block, to me it was under no doubt around the racism that existed at that time."

The news come just as a damning report was published in the Grenfell Tower inquiry.

Relatives of those who died in the Grenfell Tower fire have called for fire chiefs to be prosecuted, as the Prime Minister vowed to accept fire safety recommendations from a damning report.

The public inquiry into the blaze found the London Fire Brigade (LFB)'s preparation for a tower block fire such as Grenfell was "gravely inadequate" and its lack of evacuation plan a "major omission".

More lives could have been saved had the "stay-put" policy been abandoned sooner, inquiry chairman Sir Martin Moore-Bick added.

Bereaved family members said it was "heartbreaking" that more of their loved ones could have been saved, and called on Fire Commissioner Dany Cotton to step down.