London Fire Brigade chief Dany Cotton said firefighters were not able to access all the apartments in the tower because of structural safety concerns. There were other reports of adults jumping.
"I want to be realistic, this could be a long process", Cotton said, speaking alongside Cundy. May said people "deserve answers", BBC reported. Now that the smoke has cleared, the public could only gape at the huge burned-out hulk in the working class, multi-ethnic neighborhood.
Questions are growing about how the flames spread so quickly, engulfing its 120 apartments.
The Labour leader visited St Clements Church, where volunteers have set up a refuge centre after the tragedy, and volunteers and community leaders showed him the donations that have been pouring in.
Corbyn said that "the truth has got to come out and will come out".
In a message on Twitter, Harman said: "Theresa May should have met Grenfell Fire residents".
Construction for the building was completed in 1974 and it underwent a renovation that was completed in May 2016.
The outside of the 24-story building had a polyethylene core, instead of a more fireproof mineral core, which was installed during the refurbishment. Fire experts say the investigators will need to look at what materials were used in the project and who approved their use. Stuart Cundy said that "we believe this number will sadly increase".
The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, was confronted by a mob of angry residents demanding answers over the fire when visited the site of the gutted tower on Thursday.
The news came as Prime Minister Theresa May visited the scene of the deadly blaze, promising a full investigation into the catastrophe. "Also, the fire escape plan for the building told residents to stay in their apartments behind supposedly fire safe doors".
Building blaze traumatizes London firefighters
The cause of the fire isn't yet known, but residents say they've known for years that the Grenfell building was a fire hazard. Their bodies were recovered outside the building and police said it was for now "impossible to say how they died".
Flames could still be seen inside the building more than a day after the disaster.
Mr Clarke, who lives locally said: " I saw those cladding panels, the cladding on the outside and the insulation was just peeling off, like you'd peel a banana.
Police have started an investigation to establish whether criminal offences were committed in relation to the fire. "It had completely spread within half an hour".
The Queen earlier said her "thoughts and prayers" are with families, as more than 30 people remain in hospital - 17 of whom are in a critical condition. Others no doubt will have lost family members, friends and colleagues.
Laminated signs bearing the phone number for a missing persons' hotline were tied to a fence, along with a handwritten sign reading, "Breakfast from 0800 (GMT) inside". A handwritten sign reads "breakfast from 0800 inside".
Londoners have reacted with compassion and donated food, clothes, and blankets for those left without homes after the blaze. In this case, that advice may have put people in danger.
"We need to know what happened, we need to have an explanation of this".
Meanwhile, 44 households were given emergency accommodation.
The partial collapse of Ronan Point Tower in east London in 1968 led to an overhaul of building regulations.
THE death toll from the devastating tower block fire in west London is expected to rise as investigators trawl through the wreckage in the search for other victims.
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