Firefighters traumatized by the devastation they witnessed in a high-rise apartment blaze that killed at least 17 people worked Thursday to make the building safe so they could continue the search for more victims.
"We need to understand what happened on that terrible night and as the Prime Minister has said, get a really proper factually-based, evidence-based understanding of what happened on that night, and what happened in the run-in to that night".
London mayor Sadiq Khan had called for an inquiry and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said some "very hard questions have got to be asked and some very hard questions must be answered".
Six people have died and police expect the death toll to rise further after a blaze swept through the 24-story apartment in central London.
Officials from Fire Brigade say that the possibility of finding people alive is very minimal and the fire experts have been able to tear through only half of the building till now. The local council said families with young children, elderly residents and the vulnerable were given "immediate priority".
Seventeen people have been confirmed dead and the number is expected to rise, with Fire Commissioner Dany Cotton telling Sky News there were still "unknown numbers" of people inside.
She added: "What we need to do is ensure that this bad tragedy is properly investigated".
"Prince Philip and I would like to pay tribute to the bravery of firefighters and other emergency services officers who put their own lives at risk to save others".
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The blaze has led to outrage after repeated alleged oversights in fire safety with residents saying they had warned authorities for years that the flats would be potential death traps if a blaze broke out.
"The cause of the fire is not known at this stage and will be the subject of a thorough investigation", LFB said in a statement.
More than 1 million pounds have been raised to help those affected by the massive blaze which ripped through the building. There is no way that rich people would be living in a building without adequate fire safety.
As smoke continued to billow from the charred building, survivors voiced anger over long standing safety fears at the Grenfell Tower, which was home to between 600 and 800 people.
Gurdwaras, mosques and churches opened their doors to the people rendered homeless, which included hundreds from nearby housing blocks that were evacuated as a precautionary measure.
"Furthermore it will probably be some time before all victims are located due to the sheer difficulty of fire fighters working in a building which is unsafe and will require a meticulous search of the debris".
Emergency services said it was too early to say what had caused the disaster.
Alhajali, described as "kind, charitable and full of passion for his family", was on the phone for two hours with a friend in Syria while the fire raged, as he waited to be rescued from his flat.
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