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Metropolitan Police commander Stuart Cundy said Wednesday night that the force do not expect to find any more survivors. The blaze has led to outrage after repeated alleged oversights in fire safety with residents saying they had warned authorities for years that the flats would be potential death traps if a blaze broke out.

The number of confirmed fatalities from Wednesday's inferno in a West London residential block is now 17, British police have said. Commander Stuart Cundy of the Metropolitan police said the absolute priority was retrieving bodies and identifying the dead, as part of an ongoing investigation carried out with the fire service.

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An emergency number has also been established for friends and family who are anxious for loved ones, known to be residents in the building. As firefighters continued to search the burned-out hull of the 24-story Grenfell Tower - where flames were still visible Thursday afternoon, almost two days after the first panicked emergency calls - displaced residents on the streets below demanded that public officials provide answers about a disaster they say was preventable.

The prime minister said the inquiry, an official review of action by public institutions, was needed to ensure "this awful tragedy is properly investigated ". The renovation project included installation of insulated exterior cladding , double-glazed windows and a communal heating system. Many of those evacuated said the fire had spread incredibly quickly with nearly no warning and multiple residents told CNN they did not hear fire alarms when the blaze broke out.

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Some observers asked whether hazards in the Grenfell complex, which had 120 apartments that housed as many as 600 people , were ignored because its residents are mainly poor. The government department in charge of regulating building work - the Department for Communities and Local Government - did not respond to Reuters' questions, including whether such fire barriers were required by law.

The charity said he had been in a flat on the 14th floor with his brother, Omar, and the pair had tried to escape, but lost each other on the way downstairs. "In my 29 years in the London Fire Brigade, I have never seen a fire of this nature, and I have seen many high-rise fires". The group said Alhajali at one point was on the phone with a friend in Syria after unsuccessfully trying to get hold of his family in the country.

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