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it engulf the entire building in just minutes? so many questions and as yet no answers. stay with bbc news throughout the day. good afternoon from west london. firefighters say they are not expecting to find anyone else alive in this tower block, which is still smouldering, 36 hours after a massive fire tore through it. 17 people have been confirmed dead. but the london fire brigade chief says there are still unknown numbers of people in the building. friends and relatives of the missing are still desperately searching for news. 37 people remain in hospital, 17 are critical. this morning the prime minister and the leader of the opposition were here. the prime minister has announced there will be a full public inquiry. the queen paid tribute to the bravery of the hundreds of firefighters who battled against the flames. she also praised the incredible generosity of volunteers who ve poured in to this area offering help and support. richard lister with our first report ....
people are looking for their children, and it is so unfair. they should not have happened, it is 2017. it is notting hill, and is devastating. it really is. sorry. good afternoon from west london. we are in the shadow of what is left of the grenfell tower block. we still see the fire brigade training their houses on the lower part of their houses on the lower part of the building. the fire brigade says it could take on several weeks before their work here is done. currently, the death toll is standing at 17. it rose from 12, which is what it was overnight. the emergency services are warning it is likely to go higher. there are many people unaccounted for, had many relatives and friends of loved ones are still very distressed as they search for their missing loved ones. the number of people being treated is currently 37, and 17 are in critical care. our correspondent, richard lister, reports now on the latest. the smoke blackened ruin was still smouldering this morning. ....
practice yesterday. but tonight his colleagues, both republicans and democrats will go ahead with their annual game. it s a rare show of political unity. less unified, president trump hits back at reports he is under investigation for obstruction ofjustice. he calls it the biggest witch hunt in history. and the australian prime minister pokes fun at donald trump s winning ways. we ll let you judge the impersonation. i am christian fraser in london, katty kay is in washington. we still don t know how many people died in the grenfell tower blaze police say it will be more than the current death toll, which stands at 17. and such is the destruction inside the building it could take firefighters weeks to recover the remains. today sniffer dogs, much lighter than people, and specially trained to locate bodies, have been sent into the building to help with the search. 37 people remain in hospital, 17 are in critical care. our home affairs editor mark easton has this report. s ....
still unaccounted for, young and old, many of which were trapped on the upper floors of the building. jessica, she s still missing. going to be 13 next month. lovely little girl. bubbly personality. we just want her home. the local community have been leaving messages for loved ones as they try to come to terms with what happened. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a public inquiry has been ordered into the fire that devastated a residential block of flats in west london. 17 people are now known to have died. a senior police officer said the total would rise, but he hoped the number would not reach triple figures . many residents are missing, with whole families unaccounted for. during the day, fire crews have been searching the tower block, but they have warned it could take weeks to complete the work because the higherfloors need shoring up. our home editor mark easton has this report. slowly, inch by painstaking inch, fire officers continue their grim and dangero ....
to now have an explanation of this, we owe that to the families, to the people who have lost loved ones, friends and the homes in which they lived. the local community is in profound shock and there is growing anger and a demand for answers. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the prime minster has visited the site of the devastating fire at the grenfell tower in west london and promised a full public inquiry into what happened. the fire which destroyed the residential housing block in the early hours of yesterday morning spread quickly and the number of dead confirmed so far is 17, though that figure is expected to rise. the emergency services say it will take weeks to complete a full search of the building. and there s a sense of growing anger in the local community about warnings being ignored. our first report with the latest on the tower block fire is by our home editor mark easton, and a warning, there are some distressing details in his report. exactly how many ....