At least six people have died and 74 were injured in a massive blaze which destroyed a residential tower block in London on Wednesday morning.
Police received report of the fire at the building at 1:16 a.m. local time (0016 GMT).
A website run by the "Grenfell Action Group" said residents of the tower had expressed concerns over the safety of the building, specifically pointing to fire risks.
Virginia Sang, 62, said she knows numerous Grenfell Tower residents through her work at a local health centre and had walked past its only entrance hours before the fire started.
The fire brigade said 40 fire engines and 200 firefighters had been called to the blaze at Grenfell Tower, which has 120 flats.
She said: "People were starting to appear at the windows, frantically banging and screaming".
"When you live around here, you know people".
Residents said repairs, including the addition of some sort of cladding, had been made to the exterior of the block recently.
London Fire Commissioner Dany Cotton said the fire is "unprecedented".
Cotton said the cause was unknown as yet.
Earlier, London Ambulance Service Assistant Director of Operations Stuart Crichton confirmed in a statement that over 50 patients were admitted to five hospitals across London following the incident at the Grenfell Tower.
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The area has been cordoned off and adjacent properties evacuated. The A40 is closed in both directions.
"There was bits of building falling off all around me, I scalded my shin on a hot piece of metal that had fallen off the building", said Jodie Martin, who lives close to the building and sought to save people from the fire.
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Several dozen dazed survivors gathered at the nearby Portobello Rugby Center.
One person, who did not want to be identified, told the British newspaper The Guardian, "I'm lucky to be alive - and lots of people have not got out of the building". "I cannot confirm the number at this time due to the size and complexity of this building" says Commissioner of the London Brigade, Dany Cotton. And to stand helpless watching the fire and counting the floors, and thinking, 'Who lives on that floor?
"Like in most places in England people get together and help each other in times like this and that's what we're trying to do". When he stepped out there was suddenly smoke everywhere, the whole corridor was engulfed.
"The fire started on the upper floors. oh my goodness, it spread so quickly, it had completely spread within half an hour". "Then two seconds later my neighbour (on fifth floor) called and said, "Get the f*** out the building"!"
London mayor Sadiq Khan said the fire raised questions over safety of high-rise blocks like Grenfell Tower.
It's often easy to feel powerless in the face of such tragedies as the Grenfell Tower fire, but there are things you can do to help those affected. It said the causes of the fire would be fully investigated. "It's just such a big fire", Tim Downey, an eyewitness, told BBC early Wednesday.
Distraught relatives have been using social media to try and make contact with missing loved ones.
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