{"id":328291,"date":"2017-06-14T11:27:33","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T11:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=328291"},"modified":"2017-06-14T11:27:33","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T11:27:33","slug":"london-fire-six-killed-as-grenfell-tower-engulfed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/london-fire-six-killed-as-grenfell-tower-engulfed\/","title":{"rendered":"London fire: Six killed as Grenfell Tower engulfed"},"content":{"rendered":"
Six people have been confirmed dead after a huge fire raged through the night at a west London tower block, and police expect that number to rise.<\/p>\n
Eyewitnesses described people trapped in the burning Grenfell Tower, in north Kensington, screaming for help and yelling for their children to be saved.<\/p>\n
Firefighters rescued “large numbers”, but London Mayor Sadiq Khan said “a lot” of people were unaccounted for.<\/p>\n
The 24-storey block, which is still on fire, looks at risk of collapsing.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Theresa May is “deeply saddened by the tragic loss of life”, said Downing Street.<\/p>\n
During the night, eyewitnesses said they saw lights – thought to be mobile phones or torches – flashing at the top of the block of flats, and trapped residents coming to their windows – some holding children.<\/p>\n
It is understood that “several hundred” people would have been in the block when the fire broke out shortly after midnight, most of them sleeping.<\/p>\n