UK police: 58 confirmed or presumed dead after London blaze

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The MP called on the government to find and preserve all emails, meeting documents, correspondence with contractors, safety assessments, specifications and reports in order to withhold justice for the victims.

Previously, the Metropolitan Police had confirmed 30 people had been killed in the inferno; the announcement Saturday almost doubles that number.

Prime Minister Theresa May and her ministers were scrambling to make up ground following stinging criticism that the government's initial response to the disaster.

The remains of Grenfell Tower stand in London, Saturday, June 17, 2017.

Those who lost their homes would be rehoused within three weeks, she said. Some fire officials said they had never seen a building fire move so quickly.

On the lack of sprinklers in Grenfell Tower, and other buildings, he said: "My understanding is that the best expert advice is that retrofitting sprinklers may not always be the best technical way of ensuring fire safety in a building".

"Afterwards, she will meet a group of residents, victims, volunteers and community leaders in Number 10". As many as 500 gathered at the building, forcing May to run to her vehicle under police guard as she left the building, with echoes of "coward" being hurled in her direction.

'Family liaison officers are supporting families, and that includes those people we know to be dead; some of those who are critically ill and sadly those people who we have been told were in Grenfell Tower that night who we have been unable to trace.

Of the 58, he said 30 were confirmed dead.

Lammy, whose has a friend still unaccounted for in the disaster: "Don't let them tell you it's a tragedy".

In contrast, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn consoled them in their grief, offering hugs and support.

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The recovery operation at the burnt-out block of flats has resumed and could take weeks, Cundy explained and May said she expected to announce the name of the judge for a public inquiry within the next few days.

Police have been struggling to come up with an authoritative list of who was in the building when the fire started, making it hard to determine how many had died.

Cundy promised an exhausting investigation into the tragedy.

Adding: "When we were looking at this when I was DPP in relation to other fires, we were looking at manslaughter charges".

The cladding used to insulate Grenfell Tower, widely blamed for spreading the devastating blaze, is banned in Britain, Philip Hammond has said.

Officials have yet to answer several key questions: What caused the fire, could it have been prevented and why aren't people getting the aid they desperately need now?

He said there are roughly 2,500 similar apartment towers throughout Britain.

CTMO, the Kensington and Chelsea Management Organization, has managed the building on behalf of local public authorities who own it.

"People are terrified that the same thing could happen to them", said Khan.

"During recent visits in Manchester and London, I have been profoundly struck by the immediate inclination of people throughout the country to offer comfort and support to those in desperate need", the queen said in a statement. "United in our sadness, we are equally determined, without fear or favour, to support all those rebuilding lives so horribly affected by injury and loss", she added.

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