24 Story West London Apartment Building Engulfed In Flames – 200 Firefighters On Scene

Firefighters battled to rescue residents trapped in a gigantic inferno engulfing the 24 story Grenfell apartment tower in London. Two hundred firefighters were dispatched to the fire which broke out in the early hours of Wednesday morning and rapidly spread throughout the building deemed a fire hazard for years.

Nightmare scene in West London where 24-story high rise is entirely engulfed in flames. pic.twitter.com/c13TJzIBIr

— Josh Caplan (@joshdcaplan) June 14, 2017

“Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus are working extremely hard in very difficult conditions to tackle this fire. This is a large and very serious incident and we have deployed numerous resources and specialist appliances.” –Asst. Commissioner Dan Daily

We're being moved away from the scene as the fire now covers other side of the building and people are still trapped. #grenfelltower #london

— Fabio Bebber (@biobber) June 14, 2017

Smoke turned darker now. Have to go, my house within main cordon area. #LatimerRoad #GrenfellTower #GrenfellFire

— Celeste Thomas (@mamapie) June 14, 2017

Residents could be seen from windows waving blankets and calling for help, including a woman with a child.

“There was a woman with a child. I saw her waving maybe 30mins ago,” said a man who asked not to be named. “She said I’ve got a child … I saw them spraying her window.”

Hadil Alamily told the Guardian that she saw “someone jump on fire from the top floor”. She had seen the man flashing a light in an SOS pattern. “He was screaming help, help, help but no one helped. He dashed a mattress out of the window. He was literally on fire and jumped.” –The Guardian

People could be seen flickering their lights as a call for help.

Residents spotted flashing their lights for help at the top floors of the burning West London tower.

Absolutely horrifying. pic.twitter.com/RqjeQSlG85

— /pol/ News Forever (@polNewsForever) June 14, 2017

 

 

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