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ArabicA huge fire engulfed a 27-story apartment block in West London on Wednesday, July 14. Dozens of people are dead or presumed dead.
Fire engulfs apartment block in West London
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Burning debris falls from the 24-story Grenfell Tower as a massive fire engulfs the London apartment building early on Wednesday, June 14. Dozens of people are dead or presumed dead.
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Smoke rises from the Grenfell Tower hours after the fire. The government has promised a public inquiry, and police have opened a criminal investigation.
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A woman runs near paramedics working near the fire.
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Witnesses reported terrifying accounts of people trapped in the tower. Some people were reported to have jumped from the tower.
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A woman cries as she tries to locate a missing relative.
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Firefighters work to bring the blaze under control.
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Emergency service members work at the scene.
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Michael Paramasivan and his daughter Thea Kavanagh managed to escape the fire.
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Police stand near debris on the ground.
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People watch as Grenfell Tower is engulfed by fire.
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A security cordon holds people back as Grenfell Tower burns.
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Firefighters battle the massive blaze.
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People watch as smoke rises from the tower.
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Emergency personnel prepare in an open area near the fire.
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The building, built in the 1970s, was home to 125 families.
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Children wear masks that were distributed near the site of the fire.
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Smoke could be seen billowing over the heads of residents who gathered in nearby streets to watch the blaze.
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Police officers asked people to step back so they could expand the cordon and make more space for emergency services.
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Residents of Whitchurch Road watch smoke streaming from the tower.
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Emergency services respond to the fire.
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Residents from nearby Barandon Walk wait outside their building. The building was evacuated around 2 a.m. Police told residents that heat emanating from the fire could affect the structure of their building.
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Witness Michael Kyriakou told CNN the fire spread quickly, with one side of the building ablaze around 15 minutes after it started. "Within an hour it had engulfed the top part of the building," he said. "There are people in bathrobes and slippers all around us, so hopefully as many as possible got out."
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The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea activated a "major emergency plan" in response to the blaze.
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