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by Rosie SCAMMELL Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – Survivors of last month’s deadly tower block inferno in London packed a tense meeting Wednesday and heckled the new leader of the local authority that has been attacked for its handling of the disaster. Under tight security prompted by previous confrontations with the angry residents, at least 70 people who lost their homes in the devastating blaze crowded into the Kensington and Chelsea town […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – Hundreds of people held a vigil on Wednesday evening for the victims of the London tower block inferno, as anger simmers over the official reaction and the ongoing investigation. Four weeks after a devastating fire ripped through Grenfell Tower in West London, mourners lit candles in an area filled with pictures, flowers and hand-written notes of remembrance. “I know people who have been lost, I know people who have lost […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)–Manslaughter charges could be filed over London’s deadly tower blaze, police said Friday after they found that outside cladding had failed safety tests and that the fire started with a faulty fridge. “We are looking at every criminal offense from manslaughter onwards,” Fiona McCormack from London’s Metropolitan Police said at a briefing on the June 14 blaze in west London, which left 79 people presumed dead. Referring to the tiles and insulation […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — A total of 58 people are presumed dead after the devastating fire in a London tower block, police chief Stuart Cundy told reporters on Saturday. “We’ve worked tirelessly to establish how many people we believe were in Grenfell Tower on the night and at this point in time we are unable to say that they are safe or well,” he said. “There are 58 people who we have been told […]
by Dario Thuburn Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — At least 30 people have been confirmed killed and dozens more are feared dead in the London tower block fire, police said on Friday, as firefighters continued searching for bodies amid outrage over the use of cladding blamed for spreading the flames. “We know that at least 30 people have died as a result of this fire… I do believe the number will […]
Eagle News — Patuloy pa ring hinahanap ng mga owtoridad ang isang 60-anyos na Pilipina na nawawala matapos masunog ang isang high-rise residential building sa London nitong Miyerkules, Hunyo 13. Ayon kay Sen. Joel villanueva, napa-ulat na nawawala ang ginang na nakilalang si Ligaya Moore sa nangyaring sunog na tumupok sa Grenfell Tower. Si Moore ay mag-isang naninirahan sa 21st floor ng apartment building na may 27 palapag. Una nang kinumpirma ng Department of Foreign Affairs na […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Seventeen people have been confirmed dead in the fire that engulfed a London tower block on Wednesday, emergency services said, adding that the toll was set to rise as there were no hopes of finding survivors. “Sadly I can confirm that the number of people that have died is now 17,” Metropolitan Police commander Stuart Cundy said in a televised statement on Thursday. “We do believe that the number will sadly […]
by James Pheby Agence France Presse An acclaimed photographer, a six-month-old baby and a pair of Italian architects are among the dozens reported missing in the London tower block fire. Seventeen people have been confirmed dead, although police say they believe the toll will rise. Around 35 appeals to find lost loved ones have so far been made in the press and on social media, including the following residents of the 24-floor Grenfell Tower: Acclaimed artist […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) –At least 12 people were killed in a massive blaze that engulfed a London tower block on Wednesday, raising serious questions about fire safety in Britain’s housing blocks. Here is what we know so far: How many victims? The police have said at least 12 people were killed at Grenfell Tower in west London and they expect the number to rise as emergency workers make their way through the building. “Sadly […]
by Alice Ritchie and Rosie Scamell Agence France Presse At least 12 people perished on Wednesday after a massive fire tore through a London apartment block, with witnesses reporting terrified residents had leapt from the tower and dropped their children in a desperate bid for survival. As smoke continued to billow from the gutted building, survivors voiced anger over longstanding safety fears at the 24-storey Grenfell Tower, which was home to between 600 and […]
(Eagle News) — Many Filipinos were living in the apartment block in West London that was engulfed by a massive fire early Wednesday, killing at least six people. Consul General Senen Mangalile, who is based in the Philippine embassy in London, England, said they did not have an exact figure of Filipinos living in the 27-storey Grenfell Tower in the working-class north Kensington area, but that some of them who were in the evacuation centers for the fire […]
by Alice Ritchie Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) People watched in horror as neighbours found themselves trapped or in desperation leapt to their doom as flames raced through the stricken Grenfell Tower. The last time Hanan Wahabi saw her brother was when he and his family waved to her from their home in an upper floor after she had safely left the blazing building. Wahabi, 39, who lives on the ninth floor […]
