up they say it is from the second floor up to the 27th floor. you may be able to see in the bottom left hand corner there is a hydraulic platform with a hose focused on the one corner of the building that is not a light. in the last half an hour we have seen a person at a window. we saw them once or twice. we don t know whether it is a resident or a firefighter. it is in that area where the hose is being pointed. we can say that at least some people are in the building. we don t know if they are trapped. we don t know how many have been rescued from the building. we do know from the london fire service that they say in the early stages, two people were treated for the effects of breathing in smoke but we have had no update since then. we have seen debris falling from the building. we have heard the sound of explosions. we have heard the sound of glass breaking. the police keep pushing back their cordons, moving members of the public, in fear that the building might collapse.
developing situation. we are watching and waiting to get any more developments. celeste thomas joins us developments. celeste thomas joins us live. she is across the road from the fire. described to us where you are and what you can see. the fire. described to us where you are and what you can seelj the fire. described to us where you are and what you can see. i am in my house at the moment. i live across the road from grenfell tower and i have been told by the police to stay away from the windows and keep the door shut. i can t see anything at the moment. i was able to see the building from my kitchen window. when you first of all were made aware of this emergency situation taking place, talk us through what you heard, and what initially use all? i initially heard the siren at about 1am this morning and saw the blue lights flashing. looked out the window and saw people beginning to gather outside and then i noticed that there was some smoke coming from grenfell tower and wen
and the fire broke out in the early hours of this morning between 12 and one o clock. the first call to the metropolitan police was at 1:15am. the blaze, you can see now there are no flames this stage, just smoke, and you can see the damage done to the building. let s give you a sense from the images last night from the early hours of the morning. you can get a real sense of the scale of the blaze that was engulfing the building. let s tell you about who is tackling the fire at the moment. around 200 firefighters, a0 fire engines, and of course london ambulance has sent a number of vehicles and medical staff to the scene. 0ur correspondent is at the scene this morning. tell us what you can see. well, you can see the block is still alight. you can see some flames there. you can see the fire brigade hosing down the lower reaches of the building. but the fire service said that this was a blaze reaching from the second floor right up to the 27th floor. it s been a blaze for fiv
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