David Collins, a former chairman of the Grenfell Tower residents' association, said he was shocked but not surprised by the fire.
Firefighters rescued 65 people from Grenfell Tower in north Kensington, after they were called at 00:54 BST.
Rydon, the company responsible for the refurbishment said that the work, completed last summer, on behalf of the Council said that the work had met all required building control, fire regulation and health and safety standards. "She was with a group of people in the fire escape, in the fire stairs". London's fire chief, Dany Cotton, said the blaze was "unprecedented" in her 29 years of service. Metropolitan Police in London say they're continuing to evacuate people from a massive apartment fire in west London.
Vinod Diwakar, the Indian-origin medical director of NHS Englands London region, whose team has been coordinating the medical response, urged Londoners to try and ease the pressure on the NHS as medical staff deal with the tragedy.
"We certainly intend to be here through the night", he said.
-If there is a fire elsewhere in the building then the structure of your flat - walls, floors, doors - are created to give you a minimum of 30-60 minutes' protection from a fire.
In the early hours of this morning the "catastrophic event" unfolded, as a fire developed on one side of the building.
Police Commander Stuart Cundy said a "recovery operation" could take some time and there could be people in the building who are unaccounted for, though he would not be give a figure. Investigators need to look at what materials were used in the project and who approved their use, Ruane said.
As of Wednesday evening, pockets of fire still remained in places where it is hard to extinguish it. "I've never seen that in a residential block".
Residents who escaped spoke of others trapped and screaming for help, with some holding children from windows and others jumping from upper floors.
Some 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. Residents said repairs, including the addition of some sort of cladding, had been made to the exterior of the block recently.
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"We tried to go back, but it was all black, so I had to come out of the building", Wahbi added.
"It's not just one thing", Ruane said.
Manager Hayley Allen said: "We have a local community focus and wanted to help and show our support in whatever way we could". "Forty fire engines and around 200 firefighters went to the scene - but their equipment didn't reach much beyond the 11th floor".
"At least 12 people have died and 79 others were injured Wednesday in the blaze at Grenfell Tower".
Prime Minister Theresa May's Downing Street office said she was "deeply saddened by the tragic loss of life" in the fire. The UK government also ordered checks at tower blocks that have had or are going through similar renovations as those at Grenfell Tower.
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She also said there had been unconfirmed sightings of her outside of the flats and being put into an ambulance, but they have been unable to find her at hospital, and have had no further news.
Michael Paramasivan, who lives on the seventh floor with his girlfriend and young daughter, said he ignored official advice to stay in your home. "I just can't imagine it", wrote another.
"I could hear them screaming for their lives".
Turufat Yilma, who managed to escape, told CNN there was "no fire alarm at all". When he stepped out there was suddenly smoke everywhere, the whole corridor was engulfed.
"Our specialist urban search and rescue crews and a structural engineer have checked the building and said that it is not in danger of collapsing and that it is safe for our crews to be in there".
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