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A massive fire ripped through a 27-storey apartment block in west London in the early hours ofWednesday, police and fire services said.
Witnesses could hear screaming from the upper floors as the flames rose and one desperate resident could be seen waving a white cloth. It is reported that many of them were charred to death.
Police said they were evacuating the block and “a number of people are being treated for a range of injuries” including two for smoke inhalation.The fire brigade said 40 fire engines and 200 firefighters had been called to the blaze in Grenfell Tower, which has 120 flats.
“Fire is from 2nd to top floor of 27 storey building,” the fire service said on Twitter.
Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus are working extremely hard in very difficult conditions to tackle this fire,” London Fire Brigade assistant commissioner Dan Daly said.
“This is a large and very serious incident and we have deployed numerous resources and specialist appliances,” he said.
London mayor Sadiq Khan tweeted: “Major incident declared at Grenfell Tower”.
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