Plastic sheeting to protect the remains of Grenfell Tower has partially been installed four months after the horror blaze which killed 80 people.

Medical experts have recently warned the sight of the building is worsening symptoms of trauma for those affected by the disaster on June 14.

One woman had described the tower's blackened shell as "terrifying" at a meeting of Kensington and Chelsea Borough Council (KCBC).

Pictured on Sunday (October 15), the tower is now partially covered by white plastic sheeting which will prevent the spread of debris and ash as firefighters' investigations continue.

Remnants of the cladding system widely suspected of fuelling the June 14 inferno will also be stripped back and taken away for examination by investigators, authorities say.

It'll take until the beginning of next year for the building to be fully covered - a spokesman for KCBC said it is anticipated to take one week per floor of the 24-storey ruin.

By the end of this week, a double layer of white plastic netting should have encased the first five floors. It'll then go up at the same pace as the scaffolding.

Grenfell Tower is partially covered by a white plastic sheet as work began this week to cover the ruins on October 15, 2017

The scaffold structure is already in place up to the 18th floor on the building’s east face and at the fifth floor on the other three sides.

Grenfell Tower is earmarked for demolition towards the end of next year, but police are still picking through the remains in search of evidence.

Last month, Dr Alastair Bailey, the clinical psychological lead at the NHS Grenfell trauma service, said: “The fact that the tower is still there and is very high and visible from a number of different places, it can act as a trigger for a lot of people.

“So we know lots of people are avoiding the area, some people who are not avoiding the area are actively avoiding looking at the tower nearby.”

Work to cover the building started on Sunday (October 15)

'You see the dead souls in there'

And at the first full council meeting following the fire, one survivor begged for it to be covered, saying: “When you look at that building you see the souls of the dead in there .”

Meanwhile, a hoist is being assembled on the east side of the roof, allowing material to be extracted from the upper floors.

Recovery workers are also removing bags of the debris which rained down from Grenfell and piled up at its base.

Lorries have been drafted in to help remove the loose wreckage, which will be taken to a secure depot and stored in metal containers, the Grenfell Response Team said.

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