Grenfell Tower fire
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Grenfell Tower burning,
pictured at 04:43 BST, 14 June 2017 |
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 Grenfell Tower
Grenfell Tower (Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea)
Grenfell Tower
Grenfell Tower (Greater London)
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| Date | 14 June 2017 |
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| Time | 00:54 BST (emergency services received first call) |
| Duration | 24 hours (under control), over 60 hours (fully out) |
| Location | Grenfell Tower, North Kensington, London, UK |
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| Type | Structure fire |
| Outcome | Government taskforce taking over parts of the RBKC council function. |
| Deaths | 80+ |
| Non-fatal injuries | 70+ |
| Inquiries | A public inquiry will be held on terms of reference to be fixed. |
| Grenfell Tower | |
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Grenfell Tower in 2009, before refurbishment
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| General information | |
| Location | North Kensington |
| Town or city | London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Construction started | 1972 |
| Completed | 1974 |
| Renovated | 2016 |
| Destroyed | 14 June 2017 |
| Renovation cost | £8.7 million |
| Owner | Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council |
| Landlord | Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation |
| Height | 67.30 metres (220 ft 10 in) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 24 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | Clifford Wearden and Associates |
| Main contractor | A E Symes |
| Renovating team | |
| Architect | Studio E Architects |
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The Grenfell Tower fire occurred on 14 June 2017 at the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of public housing flats in North Kensington, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, West London. It caused at least 80 deaths and over 70 injuries. A definitive death toll is not expected until at least 2018.
As of 8 August 2017, 50 victims had been formally identified by the Metropolitan Police and Coroner, including a stillborn baby. Authorities were unable to trace any surviving occupants for 23 of the 129 flats and so they have been presumed to have died in the fire. Around 255 people survived.
The fire started in a fridge-freezer on the fourth floor. The growth of the fire is believed to have been accelerated by the building's exterior cladding.
Emergency services received the first report of the fire at 00:54 local time. It burned for about 60 hours until finally extinguished. More than 250 firefighters and 70 fire engines from stations all over London were involved in efforts to control the fire.
More than 100 London Ambulance Service clinicians on at least 20 ambulances and the Hazardous Area Response Team attended.London's Air Ambulance sent several teams of HEMS doctors and paramedics (by road) in support.
Firefighters rescued 65 people. Seventy-four people were confirmed by the NHS to be in six hospitals across London with 20 of them in critical care.
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