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Very early on, i heard people shouting from very high up. Ijust desperately hope these people managed to get out. Itjust seems so all consuming, the fire, i dont even know how the Fire Services are even know how the Fire Services are even beginning to deal with it. It isjust, even beginning to deal with it. It is just, you start up at absolutely extraordinary. It isjust. Absolutely extraordinary. Access seems so absolutely extraordinary. Access seems so difficult with the narrow streets. Lets come from the other way. We were trying to calculate how many flats there might be in the building, given it is 27 stories, maybe 200 or more. That means many more people. No indication how many men have got out, how many have been evacuated into the Latimer Christian Centre or else were . Know, many people have been milling ....
Very early on, i heard people shouting from very high up. Ijust desperately hope these people managed to get out. Itjust seems so all consuming, the fire, i dont even know how the Fire Services are even know how the Fire Services are even beginning to deal with it. It isjust, even beginning to deal with it. It is just, you start up at absolutely extraordinary. It isjust. Absolutely extraordinary. Access seems so absolutely extraordinary. Access seems so difficult with the narrow streets. Lets come from the other way. We were trying to calculate how many flats there might be in the building, given it is 27 stories, maybe 200 or more. That means many more people. No indication how many men have got out, how many have been evacuated into the Latimer Christian Centre or else were . Know, many people have been milling ....
Those trapped on the lower floors could see fire crews trying to get to them, but higher up the building the inferno was too intense to let rescuers get close. People living nearby alerted by the smell of smoke, came to the site and filmed what they saw. Many had come to see if they could help, but with flaming debris falling from the tower block their lives were at risk too. They need to ring 999 and there is a dedicated line for this incident. 0k . On the ground, police cleared a wide cordon and closed the nearby aao in and out of london. Some 200 fire engines were brought in to tackle the blaze. As the hours passed, the concern was whether the building might collapse and who might still be trapped inside. Many people were led to safety, but some 30 were taken to hospital. Others were counting their blessings. David benjamin was in the block when the fire began. There was smoke everywhere. Literally everywhere. There was people downstairs. There was bits of cladding falling off the b ....
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 la ....