The veteran firefighter described the desperate escapes attempts from those trapped inside, he said: "One of my colleagues was hit by someone who jumped out of a window".
Firemen examine the scorched facade of the Grenfell Tower in London on a huge ladder on Thursday.
The government has also announced an urgent review of fire safety in the country's tower blocks - with priority given to those that have had similar updates - and some politicians are calling for the demolition of dilapidated estates which are home to many lower-income Britons in a country facing intense pressure on housing. An officer called Terry said: "There was one small staircase that everyone was going up. It was just like the images of 9/11". Every year response times are increasing and 2015-2016 saw a 15% rise in fire deaths compared with the year before.
"However, what we do know is that fires of this type are rare".
Gottardi's father, Giannino Gottardi, told ANSA he was talking to his son as late as 4:07 a.m. (0207 GMT Wednesday; 10:07 p.m. Tuesday), "then they told us their apartment had been invaded by smoke", and the call ended. Engines arrived from across the capital, including teams from Hornsey, Hendon, Walthamstow and Stratford. Specially trained dogs were being brought in to aid the search.
Eyewitnesses told how residents in the upper floors shone their mobile phone torches to attract attention, before they disappeared from the windows, their screams of help falling silent.
"The advice at the moment is, if there is a fire in your own property you get out and ring 999".
Other workers sat exhausted on the pavement on Ladbroke Grove as they drank water and ate sandwiches donated by local shopkeepers.
"The Metropolitan Police have confirmed that tragically 17 people are now known to have died in the awful fire at Grenfell Tower". She lived on the 20th floor with her mother. Fire experts say the investigators will need to look at what materials were used in the project and who approved their use.
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"I opened my front door and lots of smoke came in, so I shut it". Singer Lily Allen took to Twitter to invite victims into her home, writing: "If anyone need a bed or a lift, or tea, tweet me and I'll follow back". I was choking badly.
Locals and well-wishers held a candle-lit vigil outside a church in nearby Notting Hill, with many people being moved to tears during a time of silent prayer for the victims. It was only when I got into the doorway I realised how serious it was.
Firefighters continue to work putting out the deadly fire in London. Off-duty nurse Simone Williams said fire crews had done an incredible job.
"There were two hundred-plus firefighters and even they were coming out with injuries and they have special equipment".
"Tragically, now, we are not expecting to find anyone else alive", said London Fire Commissioner Dany Cotton.
Ian Burgess, a professor of structural engineering at the University of Sheffield, told CNN that while fires do spread vertically up buildings, it's "generally quite a slow process". The local council says families with young children, elderly residents and the vulnerable were given "immediate priority". "We like to think of ourselves as "roughty, toughty" and heroes - they are heroes - but they have feelings, and people were absolutely devastated by yesterday's events".
They said they had repeatedly raised fire safety concerns, which they said included the building's inadequate escape routes, the absence of an integrated alarm system, and a renovation a year ago that they anxious had left their building clad in panels that were shiny and new but not up to code.
He added: "The firefighters' expectations on arrival was not for something on this scale".
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