Meanwhile, Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday said that the response to the disaster had not been "not good enough" as she battled critics who targetted her post-election fragile government over the tragedy.
Despite its location in the posh inner-London borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Grenfell Tower was comprised of social housing apartments that housed mostly working-class residents and families - tenants who now say that they had voiced concerns about the building's infrastructure long ago, only to have their fears dismissed by management.
A woman stands by missing person posters near The Grenfell Tower block, destroyed by fire, in north Kensington, West London, Britain June 16, 2017.
In contrast, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was pictured with those who have lost their homes and neighbours in Tuesday night's fire.
Public anger is mounting as residents and neighbors demand answers for how the blaze early Wednesday spread so quickly and trapped so numerous tower's 600-odd residents.
But his brother, who he thought was right behind him, didn't make it out.
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A resident in a nearby building watches smoke rise from a building on fire in London, Wednesday, June 14, 2017.
Tensions were high two days after the overnight fire gutted the huge housing block, killing at least 30 people and leaving dozens missing and hundreds homeless. More than 3 million pounds ($3.8 million) have been raised for the victims.
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He said there may have been people in the tower that police are not aware of, which would add to the death toll.
Khan said images of the 1970's building being ravaged by fire "should be forever seared into our nation's collective memory".
Tailored bereavement support for families of the victims, those missing or people affected by the tragedy will also be provided.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan said Sunday after attending a church service several blocks from the tower that the fatal blaze was entirely preventable.
More than 250 firefighters were called to tackle the blaze, which London Fire commissioner Dany Cotton described as "truly frightful and shocking" for the level of devastation it caused.
She said earlier that the national mood is somber but that Britain is resolute in the face of adversity.
LONDON (AP) - A solemn Queen Elizabeth II marked a minute of silence Saturday for victims of the London high-rise inferno that killed at least 30 people as exhausted firefighters continued their grim search for more bodies.
These were hard conversations with a tight-knit community that is understandably distraught, frustrated and increasingly angry.
An additional public inquiry set up by the government will determine if building regulations had been broken.
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