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| Grenfell Tower Fire: Fears Of People Trapped Inside 24-Story Building | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jun 13 2017, 10:51 PM (109 Views) | |
| Webster | Jun 13 2017, 10:51 PM Post #1 |
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.....monitoring reports of an apratment fire at the 24-story Grenfill Tower apartment complxe in the Latimer Road district of London....
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| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 12:05 AM Post #31 |
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![]() --Our latest statement on the #NorthKensington tower block fire. We have sent over 20 ambulance crews to the scene. More to follow. (London Ambulance Service, 14 June 2017) |
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| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 12:07 AM Post #32 |
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--Police banging on doors of nearby flats telling residents to evacuate. #LondonFire (Jonathan Swain, ITV News - 14 June 2017) --Burning falling debris making @LondonFire job extremely difficult and dangerous. Pray those inside (Jonathan Swain, ITV News - 14 June 2017) |
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| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 12:07 AM Post #33 |
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(The Guardian) Police are evacuating Barandon Walk and Tesserton Walk adjacent to the tower, with residents asked to gather their belongings and go to a nearby church about 20 minutes ago. |
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| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 12:09 AM Post #34 |
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![]() --Residents from blocks surrounding Grenfell Tower are being evacuated as firefighters continue trying to contain the flames (Alice Ross, The Guardian - 14 June 2017) |
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| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 12:18 AM Post #35 |
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(The Guardian) Ashish Joshi, a senior correspondent for Sky News UK, says the tower block has been gutted in the fire: “The building is pretty much burned down, there’s a tiny bit left that’s not on fire, but every single window is gutted ... there’s nothing left of it. The acrid smell is horrendous.” |
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| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 12:19 AM Post #36 |
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(The Guardian) Metropolitan Police confirm the A4 is closed in both directions as a result of the fire and are asking people to avoid the area to give authorities access to the scene. The police cordon extends several blocks around the Grenfell Tower. |
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| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 12:20 AM Post #37 |
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--The A4 is closed in both directions following the #NorthKensington fire. Pls avoid the area to allow emergency services access to the scene. (Metropolitan Police, 14 June 2017) |
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| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 12:20 AM Post #38 |
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(The Guardian) Neither police, ambulance nor the fire brigade have given specifics about injuries, but multiple eyewitness accounts – including that of the Guardian reporter on the scene, Alice Ross – have spoken of people being trapped inside the building. Local man and witness, Tim Downie, told the Guardian it seemed impossible that there would not be fatalities. “The sheer scale and the speed with which it spread, the closer you got, it seems like there must be casualties and fatalities.” By 5am, he said, the building was almost entirely burned out and the fire was sending a huge plume of acrid black smoke into the sky. “It has gone very quiet now, we heard a lot of sirens and screaming in the early hours, but now the building is pretty much all consumed. I hope everyone is out and being treated.” He also told of seeing people using their mobile phone lights to get the attention of rescue crews. |
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| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 12:43 AM Post #39 |
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--A40 Westway btwn Northern Rbt & Marylebone Rd - The road has been closed in both directions due to an emergency services Incident. (Transport for London - 14 June 2017) --No service between Hammersmith and Edgware Road due to a fire at Latimer Road. Severe delays on the rest of the line. (Hammersmith & City Line, 14 June 2017) |
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| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 12:49 AM Post #40 |
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(The Guardian) Saint Clement Church and Saint James Church, a parish covering Notting Dale, Notting Hill, North Kensington, and Holland Park, is receiving people who have been evacuated from their homes. |
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| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 12:49 AM Post #41 |
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--I'm in close contact with @LFBCommissioner re #NorthKensington fire. @LondonFire @Ldn_Ambulance @Metpoliceuk working together at the scene. (Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London - 14 June 2017) |
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| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 12:51 AM Post #42 |
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![]() --As daylight breaks on #LatimerRoad, the fires are still raging. (Jammy Dodger, 14 June 2017) |
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| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 12:54 AM Post #43 |
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(The Guardian) Jody Martin said he got to the scene as the first fire engine was arriving at Grenfell Tower. He told the BBC: “I grabbed an axe from the fire truck, it looked like there was a bit of confusion about what to do. “I ran around the building looking for a fire escape and couldn’t see any noticeable fire escapes around the building. A lot of debris falling down. I eventually gained entry onto the second floor, and once I got to the corridor I realised there was so much smoke there.” He added that given the thickness of the smoke, he would be surprised if anyone could have left the building without assistance. “I watched one person falling out, I watched another woman holding her baby out the window ... hearing screams, I was yelling everyone to get down and they were saying, ‘We can’t leave our apartments, the smoke is too bad on the corridors’,” he said. |
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| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 01:02 AM Post #44 |
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(The Guardian) Council head: 'several hundred' in tower block --Nick Paget-Brown, the leader of the Kensington and Chelsea council, has spoken on Sky News UK, saying that he was working to establish how many people were in the tower block at the time of the fire. “Several hundred would have been in there. It’s a question of establishing how many were in there at the time of the fire.” He said emergency centres had been set up nearby to accommodate people who had been evacuated from their homes. “We’re providing as much support as we can ... it’s quite hard to get accurate and up-to-date information but the council will be doing all that it can to work with residents who have been evacuated.” Paget-Brown said he had not spoken to residents who had been evacuated, but said were some being treated by emergency services. “I think at the moment the main priority is to make the building safe and ensure that residents we can evacuate are evacuated.” He said he did not know whether people were trapped within the building: “That’s a matter for the emergency services.” Paget-Brown had toured the building last May following a multi-million-dollar refurbishment. “I’m really not in any position to answer any questions about the structure. ... Clearly there’s a lot more work to do to actually evacuate the building and to establish how safe it is. This is a very, very, very severe fire.” He said the tower block was inspected at the time of its renovation last year. “We will have to await the studies as to what the source of this has been.” |
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| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 07:29 AM Post #45 |
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(The Guardian) Summary - 7:28am --At least six people have died after a huge fire engulfed a tower block in west London and the Metropolitan police have said the figure is likely to rise. --The fire broke out shortly before 1am on Wednesday at Grenfell Tower in Latimer Road, near Notting Hill. --The tower is 24 storeys high and contains 120 apartments. A local councillor said it is home to between 400 and 600 people. --Two hundred firefighters have been tackling the blaze with 40 engines. --London ambulance service said it was called at 1.29am and 20 crews raced to the scene. --Firefighters arrived within six minutes of the first 999 call. --LAS said 64 people have been taken to six London hospitals, with 20 of them in critical care. --There have been multiple reports of people trapped in the blaze. --A Guardian reporter at the scene said at least one man could be seen at a window waving and calling for help. --Witnesses have described screams of terror and people jumping in an attempt to reach safety. --A baby was caught by a member of the public after being dropped from the ninth or 10th floor, a witness said. --Streets around the tower have been sealed off and residents in their houses told to move out. --Falling debris also caused nearby flats to be evacuated. --LFB has called it an “unprecedented incident” and said there is currently no known cause of the blaze. --The Grenfell Action Group, a residents’ association, repeatedly warned about the risk of fire in the tower and claimed that a major blaze was narrowly averted after a power surge in 2013. The group said its concerns were dismissed. --The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has declared the fire a major incident. --Transport for London said there is no service on the Circle and Hammersmith and City tube lines between Hammersmith and Edgware Road. --The A40 Westway has been closed in both directions. --The tower, which was built in 1974, recently underwent a major refurbishment. --The Met has an emergency number for anyone concerned for loved ones. The Casualty Bureau number is 0800 0961 233. |
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