‘So many people dying…it’s horrific’ massive blaze that has engulfed a block of flats in London

TWO hundred firefighters are tackling a massive blaze at a block of flats in central London with reports desperate residents had to build ropes from sheets to escape the inferno.

So many people dying in front of our eyes, it’s horrific. Many were trapped. Terrible #grenfelltower :(((

9:59 AM – 14 Jun 2017

Forty engines were called to the scene at just after 1.15am this morning local time (8.15am Perth time) at the 27-storey Grenfell Tower, on the Lancaster West Estate near White City in the British capital’s west.

Social media pictures from the scene show one side of the tall block of flats engulfed in flames.

UPDATE: Fire engulfs London apartment block – NEW VIDEO http://ift.tt/2rZjUk8

720×396 Fire engulfs London apartment block: via @YouTube

Desperate residents trapped high in the  residential tower were heard ‘screaming’ for help http://ift.tt/2ru8gKd

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