"I do anticipate the number of fatalities will sadly increase", said Metropolitan Police Commander Stuart Mundy.
"Our absolute priority for all of us is identifying and locating those people who are still missing", Cundy said before declining to comment on speculation about the likely final death toll: "It would be wrong for me to get into numbers that I do not believe are accurate".
Early on Wednesday morning more than 200 firefighters, backed up by 40 fire engines, fought for hours to try to bring the Grenfell Tower block blaze - one of the most treacherous seen in London for a generation - under control.
It is unsafe for firefighters to go to all parts of the 24-story tower, so the fire department is working with structural engineers to shore up the building so they can complete a "finger-tip search" of the entire structure, Cotton said.
"I anticipate London Fire Brigade will be on the scene here for many days to come", she said.
Up to 600 residents lived in Grenfell Tower, the 24-floor public housing block that was rapidly consumed by flames.
June 15-The fire that destroyed a London high-rise Wednesday is one of a firefighter's worst nightmares, Dayton Fire Chief Jeffery Payne said.
Prime Minister Theresa May ordered a full public inquiry into the disaster amid mounting anger that the fire might have been preventable.
Prime Minister Theresa May paid a private visit to emergency services on site Thursday, but Karimi was unimpressed.
As anger grew over the failures over fire safety, Tottenham Labour MP David Lammy said "arrests" should be made over what he branded "corporate manslaughter".
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"High-rise buildings in France, the UAE and Australia that had similar cladding have all been hit by fires that spread", the BBC reports.
The fire was finally put out this morning and now, images have started to emerge showing the dark black mess left behind in a building that was once the home of plush London apartments.
St. Clement's Notting Dale, a church near the tower, was turned into an informal center for people searching for missing friends and family. "Our thoughts are with the residents and their families who have suffered such a personal loss". I could see it because the flat door was open.
Londoners from across the city have already donated so many crates of clothes, water and food that the local authorities have called for no further help. Security cordons were in place around the base of the tower, where the ground was littered with charred debris.
Firefighters not only have to knock a fire down, they have to get residents out, which can be tricky at night, when most people are home and sleeping, he said.
Outside the cordons, impromptu tributes had appeared, with photos of missing people, messages of condolences, flowers and candles.
"We will cooperate with the relevant authorities and emergency services and fully support their enquiries into the causes of this fire at the appropriate time", it said.
Michael Paramasivan said he had not been woken up by the building's alarm systems.
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