Metropolitan Police Commander Stuart Cundy said that number "may increase" further and that the "significant" recovery operation is likely to take weeks.
"Contractor says that he met all the fire safety standards but the questions are going to be, which kind of siding was used and what were the risks?"
Ms May, who was criticised a day earlier for not meeting with locals and survivors, visited the area again on Friday to meet with some locals inside a church.
The fire, which started just before 1:00am on Wednesday, surprised many as they slept and the speed with which it spread shocked fire experts.
British Labour MP David Lammy called for arrests to be made over what he labelled "corporate manslaughter", lambasting Britain's public housing crisis which he says has left towers like Grenfell in appalling condition. They say their complaints were ignored - and fear it was because the tower housed mainly poor people in a hugely wealthy neighbourhood.
They also ask to release full list of victims of the tragedy, and commission investigation into all other similar buildings in the borough to identify fire.
He said the fire - which is thought to have killed at least 58 people - was the outcome of the "mistakes and neglect from the politicians - the council and the government".
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A fire department spokesman said crews are working to secure the debris so that two subway lines could be reopened as soon as possible. The reason for that - at one point, in terms of our casualty bureau, there were 400 people who were reported missing from Grenfell Tower.
The tragedy has provoked a huge response from nearby communities.
Public fury over the London high-rise fire is mounting as exhausted London firefighters continue their grim search Saturday for victims of the inferno that killed at least 30 people. "However, there may be other people who were in there on the night that others were not aware were there", he said.
The British government has announced that a minute's silence will be held at 11am tomorrow to remember those who lost their lives and all those affected by the fire at Grenfell Tower in London. More than 3 million pounds ($3.8 million) have been raised for the victims.
Defending the way Mrs May had handled the tragedy, First Secretary of State, Damian Green said suggestions the Prime Minister does not seem to have what it takes to respond to such a disaster were "terribly unfair".
Hundreds of people marched from Kensington town hall toward the gutted tower on Friday evening, some brandishing Socialist Worker Party placards emblazoned with slogans including "Defy Tory Rule" and "no justice, no peace".
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