Deadly fire in london. Dozens of people are still missing, Family Searching for information, trying to find out what happened. More heartbreaking stories are emerging, about last phone calls, and messages from people trapped inside. Sarah campbell reports on the victims, and those still missing. With each day, the number of people dead or feared to have died increases. The scale of the loss of life is almost impossible to comprehend. Confirmed today, khadija saye, who was 2a years old. She was a promising young artist. The mp david lammy, a friend, tweeted i mourn the tragic loss of a wonderful young woman. Former colleagues feared the worst, after reading her final tweets about thick smoke in the 20th floor flat she shared with her mother. Khadija was the whole package. She had everything going for her. She had a beautiful soul, she was a kind person, she was always volunteering, always looking out for other people, buddying younger people. She was very passionate about her own community and a hugely talented, creative artist. Her photography and her art speak for themselves. She really had a massive future ahead of her, and shell be hugely missed by all of us. Two other victims have been named so far. Five year old isaac shawo, his mother described him as a beautiful boy. And mohammad alhajali, a 23 year old syrian refugee. Once i asked him, why are you studying Civil Engineering . He laughed and said, because i want to go back to syria when the war is over, and help rebuild the country. He said, they will need us. This is the kind of person he was. This wall has become a focal point for the community, a place for people to leave tributes, to write down messages, and express their thoughts and feelings about what happened. Its also a place where, even today, Family Members and friends have posted pictures of those they desperately want to hear from. What do i expect . Well, im hoping, basically, they are in the hospital. Even if it means they are unconscious, but they are in hospital, thats what im hoping. I feel angry, i feel sad, i feel everything. I miss my friend, my friend is inside, but i cant do anything. Shes there, but i cant help her. I saw her the same day before she died. Morning and afternoon, but. No one helped her. The wait for news goes on for family after family. Mo khalil spent much of his day putting up pictures of his uncle hesham rahman, who lived on the 20th floor. We dont know, we dont know. Its like a really. Kind of, empty feeling that weve all got. We dont really know anything, weve got no answers. We are alljust looking at each other, hoping that we find them. Orfind something. It will take time, but there will be many more names to add to the list of the dead. Many more families left in grief. My my colleagues helena is in west london. You are close to Grenfell Tower, and you have been speaking to those affected . You can see the empty shell behind me. Night falls. Pretty calm atmosphere, but hundreds of people on the street. It will just want to talk about what happened to them, their experiences. Some pretty angry scenes earlier. We joined a march. It started outside Kensington And Chelsea town hall. Hundreds of protesters stormed the building. Some angry scenes, scuffles. The police managed to get the protesters outside. Some fights broke out. Difficult, a lot of tension and frustration. What People Wa Nt To Tension and frustration. What people want to talk about what happened. We have gotjodie here. She has got an incredible story. You live opposite the tower. Tell us what happened in the tower. Tell us what happened in the morning . I noticed the fire just after one oclock. When i got there, the fire truck was unloading. I grabbed a fire axe. It seemed as though there was confusion. I phoned what i thought was a fire exit, but i could not cut through. An adjacent building with a bridge connects that, i went through somebodys apartment, up another level, an elderly couple tried to get out. Full of smoke. It was difficult to navigate. I helped them down. But i was overcome with the smoke. I was running around the building, screaming get out. They were shouting, they cant. Smoke was too thick. Just on the second floor, without apparat is, i was inside for under five minutes and without apparat is, i was inside for underfive minutes and i had without apparat is, i was inside for under five minutes and i had to retreat. Remarkable, what you have done. What went through your mind, not a firefighter, to go in . Itjust seemed as though no one else was doing anything. No alarms. It was quiet. Apart from pumps on fire trucks, no alarms. The hit wasjust like a bonfire on the beach. People needed to know. It was the natural thing to do. Unfortunately, it was stopped by the smoke. You got out an elderly couple. What age . Probably late 705. Both of them came out together. Iju5t late 705. Both of them came out together. I just stayed late 705. Both of them came out together. Iju5t stayed out5ide, together. Ijust stayed outside, out5ide together. Ijust stayed outside, outside the building, i could not stand a chance inside without apparat is. I was actually having conversations with people, they said we cannot get out, and i was screaming you have got to get outside. The fire brigade said stay m, outside. The fire brigade said stay in, dont leave, keep doors closed. That was frustrating. I had already seen that the building was on fire. I told one of the officers, you need to see the other side of the building. You will start telling them something different. His face was like. Just like that. Then he came back around, and he was of the same mind at me, get out if you can. A trap. Same mind at me, get out if you can. Atrap. I same mind at me, get out if you can. A trap. I do not think many people could have got outside, unless it was earlier. And how are you doing, now . I have been inside my apartment, resting. It was an all night thing. I have got a roof terrace. I watched. Just stayed up all evening. Watching family after family perish. I could tell you, how many people engage window were dying. Second top, that corner. Family of three. By watched them pass away. A lady, third window in. Multiple people, down the building. Ijust felt hopeless. Now. I am just feeling like nothing could have been done. It was so frustrating. And so frustrating that stay in policy is in place. Obviously, that can work at other buildings, but seeing it from the outside, i had hot metal coming down, it hit me on the shin, dripping. Fire plastic. Just coming down like armageddon. You can see the building. When you are underneath it, it is enormous. One whole side on fire. It is enormous and difficult to comprehend. Thank you for talking to us. Comprehend. Thank you for talking to us. Incredible what you have done. But also, we have had frustration today, and anger from but also, we have had frustration today, and angerfrom people here, still wanting answers from the authorities as to why this has happened. Thank you. Just beneath g re nfell tower. Happened. Thank you. Just beneath Grenfell Tower. We are getting some developments, because in the past few minutes jeremy developments, because in the past few minutesJeremy Corbyn has written to the prime minister, about this decision to hold the public enquiry, and in this letter, Jeremy Corbyn has said that while the enquiry should be limited to the awful events at Grenfell Tower, it must be empowered to consider all of the states that were not taken, contributing to this terrible incident. He wants this to consider all of the steps not taken, contributing to this terrible incident. The enquiry must also identified the urgent steps that need to be taken, in relation to safety sta nda rds need to be taken, in relation to Safety Standards for other buildings of this nature, in addition to finding facts, Jeremy Corbyn has said that the enquiry has got to be empowered to make recommendations for the avoidance of any future disasters. That letter, just released from the leader of the labour party, to the prime minister. Regarding the independent public enquiry. And the most important point, it must consider all of the steps that were or were not taken. I am sure we will get a reaction. The 24 am sure we will get a reaction. The 2a people who remain in hospital, 12 of them still critically ill. This was an incredibly busy time for hospital staff. We have been talking to two members of nhs staff, treating victims on wednesday night. Siren. Kings college hospital, one of londons major trauma centres, its staff on the front line of the nhs response to the traumatic and horrific aftermath of the westminster and London Bridge attacks, and this week Grenfell Tower. Doctor tom best arrived in the early hours of wednesday. The urgent task was to clear the airways of victims of Smoke Inhalation and then the particles in their lungs. We found and lots of soot lining the lungs. Some of that was quite hot when it got into the lungs, and so there were some burns underneath. We washed out as much of that soot as we possibly could to remove it. The emotion at the end of a punishing week is raw. Its. Sorry. On a professional level, i feel immensely proud, but there is something so enormous about whats happened is that its impossible to comprehend. For most staff, there was a need to care for families in distress as well as the patients themselves. How did you feel at the end of your shift . Its really tough. I think when youre working, you just powered through a bit and its only when you step back and you finish at the end of the day that you realise how upsetting it can be, sorry, dealing with some of these things. It was really tough. The nhs in london has had to cope with two major incidents in the space of less than a fortnight, and just to illustrate the ongoing challenge, they are still treating patients here from the London Bridge attack as well as those who came in during the early hours of wednesday morning. Many staff have been involved in the Emergency Response both times. Police have said nothing to suggest the fire was started deliberately. Investigators are still trying to piece together what happened, and just how the blaze spread so quickly. Three enquiries, from the police, The Fire Brigade and also the public enquiry office. We report on the questions that the enquiry will have to consider. My mate told me 20 minutes ago that Grenfell Tower is on fire. It is the first, obvious question, for The Fire Brigade to answer. This video was shot 20 minutes after the fire started. Where . How . I saw someone come running out of flat 16 on the phone, calling for The Fire Brigade. He said it was a fridge fire. His fridge was by his kitchen window, so when The Fire Brigade put the fire out, the fire had already gone through the window to the cladding on the outside, and the wind has helped it. All of a sudden, the cladding court
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