london ambulance service has treated a64 london ambulance service has treated a 64 patients and taken to six hospitals across london including major trauma centres at king s couege major trauma centres at king s college and st mary ‘s and paddington. i can also confirm that a further ten patients have presented themselves to hospitals across london. our thoughts are clearly with everyone who has been affected by this tragic set of circumstances. we continue to have large members of staff including paramedics and advanced paramedics and specialist trauma teams from the london ambulance along with hazardous area response teams that are specially trained and carried specialist equipment such as the use of breathing apparatus to support oui’ of breathing apparatus to support our colleagues in london fire brigade and the ongoing management of the situation. as my colleague the commissionerfor the of the situation. as my colleague the commissioner for the london of the situatio
resources needed to look after the survivors and then we must have an enquiry to learn the lessons of what happened in lakanal house, has happened in lakanal house, has happened in lakanal house, has happened in grenfell tower is, it must never happen again. the london tower block engulfed by fire at least six people have been killed but the death toll is expected to rise. the blaze broke outjust before iam this morning when most were asleep. eyewitnesses say they saw people trapped in theirflats is shouting from their windows trying to throw their children to safety. it was so dark, there was so much smoke in theirfield it was so dark, there was so much smoke in their field stop it was so dark, there was so much smoke in theirfield stop people we re smoke in theirfield stop people were trying to run down the stairs. there was no sound of alarm or bells at all. mothers have lost children, firefighters have come out and endurance that we don t know if they are going to c
their children. there are firefighters that have come out injured. we don t know if they re going to come out safe. the tower is still burning 1a hours later and firefighters remain inside looking for any survivors. the mayor of london says many people are unaccounted for. my thoughts and prayers as i m sure the thoughts and prayers as i m sure the thoughts and prayers of the entire country are with the family and friends of those in the building and affected by this tragic and horrific fire. g re nfell tower tragic and horrific fire. grenfell tower had recently been refurbished at a cost of £10 million. local people have been telling us they are astonished at how quickly the flames spread. it s not clear what started the fire. london fire brigade s chief says she has never seen anything like it in 29 years of firefighting. we ll bring you the latest from here. hello and good afternoon again from west london. we have moved to one of the three rest centres that has been set u
come out safe. some parts of the tower are still burning 15 hours or so later and firefighters are still inside searching for survivors. the mayor of london says many people are unaccounted for. my thoughts and prayers as i m sure the thoughts and prayers as i m sure the thoughts and prayers of the entire country are with the family and friends of those in the building and affected by this tragic and horrific fire. g re nfell tower tragic and horrific fire. grenfell tower had recently been refurbished. a residents group says it repeatedly warned how hazardous the block would be in the event of a fire. it isn t yet clear what started the blaze or why it spread so quickly. london fire brigade says the scale of the fire here has been unprecedented. we will have all the very latest from the scene. well, you re watching bbc news from west london and this smouldering, smoking carcass is all that remains of g re nfell tower, smoking carcass is all that remains of grenfell tower, a 2
and lost their children, there are firefighters that have come out injured, that we don t even know if they re 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