Hearing from them later in the programme. We will Hearfrom Karl Mercer at a nearby mosque which opened its doors to help those in need tonight, who were evacuated from the tower block itself. Alice has a different Vantage Point of the one ive got now. Firstly, i think we should hear from those affected most. People who tonight are counting themselves lucky to escape alive. People who lost their homes and in many cases, people who have lost just about everything and in many cases, people who have lostjust about everything they own. Lostjust about everything they own. Today lostjust about everything they own. Today is the 14th ofjune. 2am, i was woken up by the siren noise. It was my son that woke me up. I think it was about 1 20am. And where were you . On the 17th floor. We grabbed them. We ran downstairs, it took us a solid four minutes to get out, just as i was entering the ground floor, The Fire Brigade was coming up. It was moving very fast. I cannot imagine, it was so fast. I looke
Windows werent, and there were people in there. You could see the silhouettes. And then the next thing, explosions. The London Fire Brigade desperately struggled to reach the upper floors, but were repelled by the heat and falling debris. This is a completely unprecedented fire. In my 29 years in the London Fire Brigade, i have never seen a fire of this nature and i have seen many high rise fires. Residents are sheltering in nearby Community Centres, some are missing family members. The investigation begins into how the fire started, and how it was allowed to take hold with such devastating effect. Around 70 people are being treated in six london hospitals, 20 people are in a critical condition. The fire is still burning firefighters say it will still be some hours before its out. Well be bringing you the latest, in this extended programme. Stay with bbc news for all the developments from our correspondence. Good evening from west london where a huge fire is still burning after it engu
Hearing from them later in the programme. We will Hearfrom Karl Mercer at a nearby mosque which opened its doors to help those in need tonight, who were evacuated from the tower block itself. Alice has a different Vantage Point of the one ive got now. Firstly, i think we should hear from those affected most. People who tonight are counting themselves lucky to escape alive. People who lost their homes and in many cases, people who have lost just about everything and in many cases, people who have lostjust about everything they own. Lostjust about everything they own. Today lostjust about everything they own. Today is the 14th ofjune. 2am, i was woken up by the siren noise. It was my son that woke me up. I think it was about 1 20am. And where were you . On the 17th floor. We grabbed them. We ran downstairs, it took us a solid four minutes to get out, just as i was entering the ground floor, The Fire Brigade was coming up. It was moving very fast. I cannot imagine, it was so fast. I looke