More than 200 firefighters are tackling a massive blaze at a recently refurbished 27-storey block of flats in west London.
Around 30 people have been taken to hospital after the fire, which broke out at around 1am this morning engulfed the entire building.
The Grenfell tower at the Lancaster West Estate in Kensington near to the Westfield shopping centre contains around 120 homes and people are reported to still be missing.
“We are dealing with a really serious fire that spread throughout the building, a spokeswoman for the London fire brigade confirmed.
“The crews are doing all they possibly can to tackle this fire.”
More than 600 residents desperately tried to escape the flames as the fire broke out with many woken by the screams of others and the smell of burning plastic.
Eyewitnesses claimed that the fire ripped through the building spreading rapidly up the plastic cladding system.
from Construction Enquirer http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2017/06/14/blaze-engulfs-refurbished-london-tower-block/
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