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79 people died or missing after a large fire that engulfed the 27-floor Grenfell Tower in London.
A resident who escaped says she knew there was a fire when she smelled burning, but she didn't hear any alarms.
Baby ‘dropped from ninth or 10th floor’ caught by member of public as Grenfell Tower fire raged Totured Screams
Baby thrown from 9th or 10th floor of #GrenfellTower caught by man on ground pic.twitter.com/poJMfGFOWH
— LTH london (@LTHlondon) June 14, 2017
The London Ambulance Service said 30 casualties had been taken to five London hospitals.
200 fire fighters were at the scene along with 40 engines and at least 20 ambulance crews.
Fire Crew say this is an unprecedented incident on such a large scale, such a Major incident that has affected ALL 24 floors.
Sadiq Khan declared the fire a Major incident declared at Grenfell Tower in Kensington."
HORROR:: #Grenfell Tower #London Eyewitness: We can see residents trapped & jumping#GrenfellTower firepic.twitter.com/I1R5uZgYao
— Zippy (@princezip) June 14, 2017
More than 50 people taken to five London hospitals following #GrenfellTower fire, London Ambulance Service says https://t.co/CLEIhCCOYn pic.twitter.com/TByyKOI9F6
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) June 14, 2017
One witness, named only as Daniel, told the BBC: “Nobody could come out, they were trapped in there. They couldn't come down because the lift's the other side.
“I’ve seen people jump… one at least, 10-15 floors up.”
Another witness described the scenes as horrifying as the flames engulfed the block from the second floor up “within seconds”.
“I couldn't believe my eyes. When I came out people in the tower block were waving their phones, screaming ‘help, help, help’”, another witness said.
London Fire Commissioner on block fire: "In 29 years of being a firefighter, I've never seen anything of this scale" https://t.co/b3gnGaRIqv pic.twitter.com/oLy1Rr8YnI
— CNN (@CNN) June 14, 2017
In a statement on Facebook, assistant commissioner Dan Daly said: “Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus are working extremely hard in very difficult conditions to tackle this fire. This is a large and very serious incident and we have deployed numerous resources and specialist appliances.”
Just before 4am the Metropolitan police said people were being treated for a range of injuries and evacuations were continuing.
Woman living opposite London apartment block says fire engulfed the whole building in less than 45 minutes https://t.co/hpQTOvHuZf pic.twitter.com/t6qcpG2D8l
— CNN International (@cnni) June 14, 2017
A residents action group added it had repeatedly warned Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation (KCTMO,) which manages the social housing block, and the council, which owns the building.