Witnesses told how residents in the upper floors used their mobile phone torches to attract attention, before they disappeared from view, their screams of help falling silent. Entire families were missing, and the death toll is certain to rise.
The chairman of Xerxes and its largest shareholder is the corporate grandee Tony Rice, who is a former chief executive of the telecoms multinational Cable & Wireless and is also a trustee of the housing charity Shelter. Almost 80 others are now being treated in hospital, 17 of whom are believed to be in a critical condition.
'The Prime Minister's thoughts are with all of those affected by this awful incident and the emergency services, who are working tirelessly in very hard circumstances'.
London Fire Commissioner Dany Cotton said there were still "unknown numbers" of people in the smoldering ruins of the building.
"The severity and the heat of the fire will mean that it will be an absolute miracle for anyone to be left alive", she said as she indicated that the search operation could take weeks.
Mr Clarke, who lives locally and appears on Channel 4's Amazing Spaces, told BBC's Newsnight: "I saw those cladding panels, the cladding on the outside and the insulation was just peeling off, like you'd peel a banana".
British prime minister Theresa May faced increasing criticism on Friday for not meeting survivors of a deadly London tower block blaze as she scrambled for a deal to stay in power after a botched election gamble.
"This will need to be a lot of work between us and other investigating agencies to establish what has happened and why and that is going to take a considerable period of time". "We owe that to the families, to the people who have lost loved ones, friends, and the homes in which they lived".
The announcement of probe comes after Labour MP David Lammy argued that the Grenfell Tower fire amounts to "corporate manslaughter, and led calls for a criminal investigation into the issue".
Prime Minister Theresa May is speaking with survivors of the high-rise fire in which 30 people are confirmed to have died. "I have got a right to be angry".
Cotton said that while the core of the building was structurally sound, dogs were lighter and more agile than people. Her staff will remain on scene for "days to come" and that the search of the tower would be a "slow and painstaking process".
Rising among the stylish town houses that define west London prosperity, the charred remains of Grenfell Tower on the edges of Notting Hill now serve as an ominous reminder of the British capital's vast disparities.
The project included installing insulated exterior cladding, double-glazed windows and a communal heating system.
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Grenfell Tower is a public housing project owned by the local government council and managed by a non-profit known as the Kensington and Chelsea Tenants Management Organization.
Last November, local residents warned of "dangerous living conditions".
KCTMO acknowledged residents' concerns in a statement.
"It is too early to speculate what caused the fire and contributed to its spread".
"We are aware that concerns have been raised historically by residents".
The London Fire Brigade (LFB) said a ruptured gas main in the block had to be isolated before fire crews were able to put the blaze out and bring it under control by 1.14am.
Six high-rise residential towers are to undergo additional safety checks after it emerged they were fitted with external cladding during refurbishment by the contractors who modernised Grenfell Tower prior to its destruction in an uncontrollable fire. A massive fire raced through the 24-story high-rise apartment building in west London early Wednesday, .
Some desperate residents pleaded to speak to the royals about their plight and the fate of missing children as they left the site, with William promising he would return.
"It is considered that occupants are safer in their dwelling than coming out into potentially smoke logged corridors", he said.
On Thursday the Queen paid tribute to the "bravery" of firefighters who battled the fire and praised the "incredible generosity" of volunteers offering their support.
"Share the food with everyone", a marshal encouraged, as local residents and those who had come to offer help sat cross-legged opposite each other as Muslim members of the diverse neighborhood broke their Ramadan fast.
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