Rescuers say finding a survivor in the inferno tower would be a ‘miracle’ raising fears HUNDREDS have died as ministers face mounting pressure over why ‘fire hazard’ cladding was used
17 people are known to have died in tower block blaze – although death toll is expected to rise significantly
London Labour MP David Lammy called for arrests and said he feared ‘hundreds’ may have died
Fire crews have managed to get to the top but not enter flats or rooms because it is too precarious
London fire chief said today that it would be ‘miracle’ if anyone was still alive in the burnt-out building
A full inspection of the building will be carried out to work out whether it is safe for recovery to continue
Theresa May is visiting the site today, amid claims ministers turned a blind eye to fire safety concerns
Seventy eight people were taken to hospital, with 18 of those fighting for lives in critical conditions
By JOSH WHITE
DailyMail.com
15 June 2017
Nobody left in the London tower block which was engulfed in flames in minutes on Tuesday night is still alive, fire crews have said.
Rescuers say there are still ‘unknown numbers’ of people dead inside, but at the moment it is too risky to try to recover them from the upper floors of the fire-ravaged and unstable Grenfell Tower.
The official death toll stands at 17 this morning, but that number is expected to rise significantly when the bodies of all of those inside have been recovered.
London Labour MP David Lammy today labelled the fire ‘corporate manslaughter’ and called for arrests to be made.
He said of a missing friend of his: ‘We hope and pray that she is amongst them (in hospital) and not perished in that building as I suspect hundreds will have done by the end of this count.’
Prime Minister Theresa May, who visited the site today, has ordered a full public inquiry into the disaster.
London fire chief Dany Cotton said full searches of the upper floors, where no one is said to have survived, are yet to be carried out. Parts of it will need to be shored up before rescue workers can enter.
She told reporters: ‘Tragically now we are not expecting to find anyone else alive. The severity and the heat of the fire would mean it is an absolute miracle for anyone to be left alive.’
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