Metropolitan Police commander Stuart Cundy said in a televised statement yesterday: "Sadly I can confirm that the number of people that has died is now 17".
With many trapped on the top few floors, crews are working to stabilize the structure so they can safely search for bodies.
Officials said 34 people were still in hospitals, including 18 who are in critical condition. Britain's Press Association reported that some 70 people are still missing after the fire. "All they cared about was I was playing with their children, giving them nappies, giving them tea and coffee".
"If it wasn't for that, we would have just slept through", he said.
"I spoke to one of my officers, who was very near when someone came out the window, and he was in tears".
London Fire Brigade chief Dany Cotton said firefighters were not able to access all the apartments in the tower because of structural safety concerns.
Al Haj Ali's brother, Omar, who shared the 14th-floor apartment, described a chaotic rescue effort to the BBC.
In Notting Dale, despite local anger, the blaze has united different sides of the community all the same.
The rules vary from place to place, as does advice about when to evacuate, but fire experts say the "shelter-in-place" directive is usually applied to buildings of 15 stories or more.
Prime Minister Theresa May promised an investigation and she planned to visit the site on Thursday. "We need to know what happened", May added.
"Every single person that lives in a high rise apartment today is going to be thinking, 'How safe am I?"'
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The firm behind the work said the project met all required building regulations.
Grief turned to outrage Friday over a deadly high-rise tower fire in London amid reports that materials used in the building's renovation could have fueled the inferno that left dozens dead and missing as it decimated the public housing block.
"They probably had some sort of hope when they saw us firefighters down there, for us to get in and help them".
In contrast, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was cheered after visiting a nearby church and meeting residents and volunteers helping out, with locals shouting "thank you for coming".
London Mayor Sadiq Khan faced demands from clearly furious locals for speedy answers and action when he toured the area. Khan replied that firefighters were still searching the building.
The Guardian and the BBC have reported in recent days that panels with a PE core were used in a refurbishment of the 24-storey tower bock that was completed a year ago. The package includes a guarantee to rehouse people as close as possible to where they previously lived - a poor neighborhood surrounded by extreme wealth.
Others gathered seeking news of the missing.
Cotton said the cause of the fire was not known.
"I kept calling and calling", she told Reuters. "The phone was ringing but they didn't reply to us".
Churches and community centers are providing meals and support, and donations of clothing, toys and household supplies are flooding in.
Ines' brother Tiago, a physics student at King's College in London, revealed that it was only because the family had been out for dinner that they had, by chance, arrived home late and noticed the smoke in the lift.
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