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| London fire: Police confirm 12 dead in Grenfell Tower blaze | London fire: Police confirm 12 dead in Grenfell Tower blaze |
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| Police have confirmed 12 people died in the Grenfell Tower fire in west London. | Police have confirmed 12 people died in the Grenfell Tower fire in west London. |
| In a statement, Stuart Cundy, a Metropolitan Police commander, said that number was likely to rise further still. | |
| Six residents were confirmed dead earlier on Wednesday after the blaze took hold in the 24-storey block of flats near Latimer Road Tube station. | |
| Officials refused to comment on whether the death toll would rise "significantly" but said there were still bodies inside the building. | |
| Some bodies have been removed from the smouldering remains of the tower, which contains 120 flats thought to be home to between 400 and 600 people. | |
| Mr Cundy said: "Sadly I can confirm that there are now 12 people that have died that we know of. | |
| "This is going to be a long and complex recovery operation and I do anticipate that the number of fatalities will sadly increase beyond those 12." | |
| Firefighters are still working to extinguish pockets of fire before a full search of the building can be carried out. | |
| Steve Apter, director of safety and assurance at London Fire Brigade (LFB), said during the same news conference on Wednesday afternoon: "I can confirm I have had firefighters manage to get through particularly arduous conditions up to the top floor." | |
| LFB said it had rescued 65 people from the building. | |
| A number of those who are still missing have been named by family and friends, including a 12-year-old girl said to have been living on the 20th floor. | |
| Other stories have emerged of those inside the tower who narrowly escaped the blaze. | |
| A baby dropped from a window miraculously escaped serious harm, witnesses said, despite falling from the "ninth or tenth floor". |