[Scarlett.]

With the smoke clearing further down, you can see clearly the extent of the damage.

[Shaun]

"I only saw 7 people in the foyer that got out in the first forty minutes" says one eyewitness on BBC News... some of the other details are terrifying.

[nicole_burks]

I saw this in my fb feed. I hope everyone is okay.

[Rob!]

Jesus Christ that's awful. It looks like something out of a disaster movie

[JTM45]

There's a guy speaking on the BBC who went into the building to attempt rescues and he said he, with assistance fromthe Fire Brigade, got a few people out but he was talking to people from outside who were on the fourth floor and they said they couldn't get through the coridoors because of thick, thick smoke. He said they gradually got less vocal and he hasn't seen anyone being brought out since. He said that there was a woman holding her child outside the window so they could breathe.
His assumption was that there surely must be tens if not 100 or so deaths. Totallly on the spot judgement of course so he could (hopefully) be mistaken.

Also people saying that lots of the approach roads to the block were shut due to repairs (?) or something.

[smudgie]

I have watched in disbelief for hours.
What an absolute tragedy.
The witness reports don't give much hope for many survivors.

[Scarlett.]

[JTM45]

Wow!!!
If they followed the advice on the lower part of that sheet then it's very worrying looking at how completely ablaze the whole bulding was.

[Scarlett.]

It's insane that it ever got this bad

[Rob!]

A silent clip of the fire at it's peak. Actually incredible how huge this got

Youtube video

[arista]

120 flats
People are still trapped

Started from 2nd floor
http://news.sky.com/story/huge-fire-...block-10915008

http://news.sky.com/story/live-hundr...blaze-10915010

[Shaun]

Sounds like the decorative cladding, as seen in black in the pic below, installed in recent redevelopments was partially responsible for the rapid spreading of the fire - it was also a key factor in the severity of the Dubai New Year's Eve fire.

[JTM45]

The Ambulance Services in London told the BBC that they've taken 30 people in total (as of 6.30am) to five different hospitals.
An eye witness also said to the BBC that they could still hear people shouting from the building between 5:00 to 5.30am.
They haven't given any official statements as to casualties etc. yet though as everything is still ongoing and very little can be accurately assessed.

[Jake.]

dear god this is just... terrifying, genuinely

those poor people

[Kazanne]

Just woke up to this terrible news,hearing that people were throwing their children to safety,truly horrific,I hope everyone gets out safety,what a ****ty start to the day.

[bots]

It's difficult to see how there couldn't be serious casualties in this unfortunately. I don't think there can be many things more frightening than being trapped in a situation like that. Horrendous.

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

It's difficult to see how there couldn't be serious casualties in this unfortunately. I don't think there can be many things more frightening than being trapped in a situation like that. Horrendous.

Yes,I fear there will be bad news coming from this Bots,just terrible for those people,so sad.

[AnnieK]

Jesus.....absolutely horrific. It is one of my worst nightmare to be trapped by fire. How terrified those poor people must be and how difficult a task for the fore crews when it's burning so bad

[y.winter]

Wow, how did it get to the whole building? Doesn't look good at all.

[hijaxers]

This massive tradgedy all from a fridge on 2nd floor ! These poor people , fire is terrifying at any time but stuck in a high rise , pull the lot of them down i say they are way too dangerous .

[Denver]

There has been a number of deaths but the fire service is not saying how many yet

[Novo]

Number of fatalities reported now, apparently the fire service couldn't do anything because the fire blocked the only fire exit so they couldn't get past it and had to wait for it to burn out according to an eye witness who was living on the lower part

[arista]

Fire brigade has said there are some dead
sadly.

That Cladding on the outside
burned fast

[Marc]

Sad

[Novo]

Pretty awful seeing that old man stuck in his room, hope they manage to get him, must be brutal for his family having to see that