The death toll in the Grenfell Tower fire was expected to rise today as many residents, including young children and parents, were still missing more than 24 hours after the blaze started.
Smoke was still wafting out of the charred shell of the tower block as firefighters used an aerial platform to inspect burned-out flats.
Families are making desperate appeals for loved ones, including parents Farah Hamdan and Omar Belkadi and their young daughters Tazmin Belkadi, 6, Malek, 10.
Twelve people have been confirmed dead, but police say the death toll is expected to rise during a "complex recovery operation" which will take a number of days to complete.
Nearly 80 people were treated at six London hospitals, including 18 people remain in critical care.
Many residents were trapped in their flats when the fire broke out at the tower in Latimer Road, North Kensington, shortly before 1am on Wednesday morning. One local community leader fears nobody on the top three floors survived.
Witnesses described terrifying scenes as residents jumped from their flats and parents threw their children out of windows in a desperate bid to save them - with reports a baby thrown from the sixth floor was caught. Some used ropes made from knotted bedsheets to escape the flames and smoke.
The cause of the fire is not known at this stage, says the London Fire Brigade.
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