But already it is clear "the tower's charred concrete frame ' stands as "a reproach to the many agencies and officials who could have done more" to keep residents safe".
At least 65 residents are missing, the Sun newspaper reported Friday, and authorities say the death toll could rise further.
The residents of the block had earlier raised concerns about the placement of boilers and gas pipes, the absence of a building-wide fire alarm or sprinkler system as well as piles of rubbish being dumped and causing a fire risk.
Experts also cited cladding as a factor in similar fires in which flames raced along the sides of buildings, including a high-rise fire in Shanghai in 2010 that killed at least 58 people, a 2015 apartment fire in Azerbaijan that left 16 people dead and a 2009 fire at Beijing's TV Cultural Center that killed a firefighter.
At the moment, the government would focus on providing support to those who lost their homes and everything, May said.
The Guardian reported that the material used in the cladding that covered Grenfell was Reynobond PE cladding - the cheaper, more flammable version of two available options. "People have lost their lives, people have had their homes destroyed, they have fled for their lives with absolutely nothing".
There is simmering anger in the multi-ethnic Kensington area hit by the blaze, and public fury has been directed at senior government figures, including Prime Minister Theresa May, when they visited the stricken area. The package includes a guarantee to rehouse people as close as possible to where they previously lived - a poor neighborhood surrounded by extreme wealth.
She met with injured survivors in hospital on Friday.
On the night of the fire, Donald rushed to the local church in her pyjamas and spent hours helping evacuees as best she could, making tea, providing toys to entertain the children and cleaning the toilets which were being used by dozens of people.
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Police said on Thursday that they had launched a criminal investigation into the fire. In addition, London Mayor Sadiq Khan called for an interim report on the fire to be published this summer.
The exterior cladding and the insulation squeezed between its panels were added as part of an extensive renovation completed previous year.
The company that installed the exterior cladding, Harley Facades, issued a statement this week saying the panels are "commonly used" in refurbishing buildings. It did not address the exact makeup of the panels.
Damian Magee, crew manager at Whitechapel fire station, told Sky News: "We were hoping it was a building site, a new-build that was going up, because we couldn't believe what we were seeing and we were miles and miles away".
"There is nothing to suggest at this time that the fire was started deliberately", he added. Whole families are said to be among the missing.
Queen Elizabeth II and her grandson Prince William visited a community centre yesterday where some of the survivors are being housed, and where volunteers have been inundated with donations of clothes and food.
It may take some time though, before the families of the victims know the fate of their loved ones.
"When you have a fire that takes hold like that, that is literally an inferno".
"This is when you find out how good it is to live in England and how good it is to be a Londoner".
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