And lost their children, there are firefighters that have come out injured, that we dont even know if theyre going to come out safe. Worried families are desperately searching for news on their loved ones. These three girls are among the missing. The 2a storey Grenfell Tower is still burning in places as fire Grenfell Tower had recently been refurbished at a cost of £10 million. Residents say they were astonished by how fast the flames spread. We will have the latest on this fast moving story in the next hour. A News Conference now with the latest from the Emergency Services. Thanks very much for your patience. You will be aware that the London Fire Brigade received the first of a number of calls to a significant incidentjust number of calls to a significant incident just before number of calls to a significant incidentjust before 1am number of calls to a significant incident just before 1am this morning. A large number of cruise, operational firefighters, morning. A large number of c
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
it is hurtful to hear that some 55% of people where you are still unvaccinated. doctor rob davidson, we appreciate your work and we appreciate your sharing your expertise with us this morning. thanks, boris. of course. listen, this morning fire crews are batting an 11-alarm firing at a chlorine manufacturing plant in new jersey. take a look there. you could see it from miles away. authorities are still right now trying to secure some control over this. a fire is still raging. we re going to continue to throw water on. so we have confirmed that the building was vacant. it was used for storage of plastics and pallets. a portion of the building had did chlorine in it. that seems to be under control at this time. we ll be monitoring that also throughout the night but certainly we re far from having this control of the fire. thank goodness for the