Fire in an apartment building in London

Fire Hazardous in a residential 27-storey house in the west of London, suffered at least two people, according to CNN. The fire started at about 1:30 local time (3:30 MSK) on the second floor of the Grenfell Tower apartment block and spread to the last floor of the house .

40 fire trucks, 20 ambulances and 200 life-time personnel were sent to the scene of the fire.

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That is a horrible nasty fire, thoughts and prayers to the survivors.

Probably the biggest loss of life in a tower block in the uk in modern times

Harrowing scenes and a tragic loss of lives

A shock to wake up too doesn't look good for survivors 😕 thoughts go out to everyone involved

Yes, that's for sure.

This is very horrific. I lived in an high-riser building exactly like this when i was studying in Glasgow, UK and i can just imagine how terrible it is. Knowing how populated the building was and how difficult it is to get up to the 16th floor and down, i know that the people leaving up from the 10th floor, would'nt really have much chance of escape because the staircase is just one and it is very narrow. Unfortunately, the fire extinguishing systems are not in operation in most of these buildings. Normally, Gypsum used to clad the inner walls of the building aught to be fire retardant, so it is a bit of a shocker to see this fire spread so fast. If the fire was actually as a result of someones fridge exploding, if there was a fire extinguisher in his apartment, he would have prevented this severe loss of lives and properties by trying to put out the fire and call for help. Probably due to lack of information and training, he rather ran out and ended up causing this huge loss of lives. My heart goes out to all who have lost a loved one in this terrible incident.