A visual guide to what happened at Grenfell Tower in LondonsteemCreated with Sketch.

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Thirty people have died and many more are missing after a huge fire engulfed a west London tower block.
While some residents of Grenfell Tower, a 24-storey building in north Kensington, escaped as the fire took hold on 14 June, others were trapped inside, eyewitnesses said. A number of injured remain in hospital and emergency services have begun the search for bodies.

Here's a visual guide to what happened that night.

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Emergency services were called to the fire at the block of flats in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea just before 01:00 BST on Wednesday 14 June. It is believed to have started on the fourth floor and spread quickly.
A total of 65 people were rescued from the building by firefighters.
The blaze was not under control until 01:14 BST on Thursday - 24 hours later.

Adapted from http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-40301289

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That's a huge ass fire!