‘Nobody on the top three floors survived’: First bodies are removed from Grenfell Tower as six are confirmed dead and dozens more are missing after huge blaze ‘sparked by faulty fridge’ engulfs the 27-storey tower block

Wednesday, June 14, 2017
By Paul Martin

Six confirmed dead and death toll will rise after huge inferno broke out at a residential tower block in London
Dozens including children and elderly still missing after fire engulfed Grenfell Tower in White City at 1am
Many residents believed to still be trapped inside the 27-storey building as it teeters on the brink of collapse
Residents were seen throwing themselves and their children out of windows to avoid being burned to death
More than 600 residents desperately tried to escape the flames as the fire broke out in the middle of the night
Surivors claimed there was no working fire alarm, sprinklers failed and the only staircase out was blocked
The London Ambulance Service said 74 people have been rushed to six different hospitals around the capital
Grenfell’s residents warned landlord KCTMO about ‘appalling’ fire safety and say refurb contributed to blaze

By MARTIN ROBINSON, UK CHIEF REPORTER
DailyMail.com
14 June 2017

The fire that swept through a 27-storey west London tower block in just 15 minutes after a faulty fridge exploded could be one of the worst in British history amid fears nobody on its top three floors survived.

Six people are known to have died after fire engulfed Grenfell Tower in White City after 1am today in scenes akin to 9/11 – but Scotland Yard expects the death toll to rise significantly.

Bodies were strewn through the charred block including in its lobby and undertakers were seen removing the dead in a delicate and treacherous recovery operation set to last several days.

A community leader working to locate victims, who asked not to be named, believes nobody who lived on the top three residential floors survived and the building that was home to 600 people could soon collapse.

He said: ‘We have a list of missing people – there are so many. It’s possible there are more than 50, possibly hundreds’.

Those who managed to flee said it was ‘like hell on earth’ inside as they scrambled over dead bodies and claimed there was no working fire alarm, sprinklers failed and the only staircase out was blocked.

At the height of the blaze petrified residents were seen throwing themselves and their children out of windows to avoid being burned to death – others made ropes by tying bed sheets together or used them as makeshift parachutes and jumped.

The local council, the block’s landlord and the contractor used to refurbish the building last year face serious questions about how the fire took hold so quickly in a tower branded a ‘death trap’ by survivors.

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