12 people have been confirmed killed in the Grenfell Towers in London

A fire incident which engulfed the Grenfell Towers,a residential block of 120 apartments accommodating about 600 people in North Kensington in the early hours of Wednesday has claimed the lives of 12 people and leaving about 74 others injured,according to police.


The sudden inferno which blazed the 24 storey apartment,saw residents screaming and running in an effort to save their lives and their loved ones.The black smoke spewing out from the building could be seen in the sky miles away.

Reports say that up to 200 fire fighters were at the scene of the incident battling with the blaze and trying to rescue and save lives.

According to Dany Cotton who is the Fire Commissioner while speaking with reporters said:

''This is an unprecedented incident.In my 29 years of being a fire fighter,i have never,ever seen anything of this scale.''

According to some rescued residents,the fire started at the uppermost floor and they believed a refrigerator might have started the fire but it hasn't be confirmed or verified by authorities.Residents also claimed that the fire alarm in the building did not go off.

The high rise tower was built in 1974 and was recently renovated at a cost of $11 million in May 2016.The Mayor of London,Sadiq Khan in a statement said:

''There will be great many questions over the coming days as to the cause of this tragedy and i want to reassure Londoners that we will get all the answers.''