Two
Gambians, a mother and her 24-year-old daughter, are said to have died at the
Grenfell Tower fire in west London, UK.
Khadija
Saye, a 24-year-old artist, was confirmed to have died yesterday. She lived on the 20th floor of the Grenfell
Tower block in north Kensington with her mother, Mary Mendy, who is also feared
dead.
They
are among the 17 people who are said to have died in the incident.
Mohammed
Alhajali, a Syrian refugee, was the first person to have been confirmed dead.
Many
people from the 120 flats remain missing, with relatives and friends
desperately appealing for information.
Health
officials said 37 people were still in hospital, 17 of them in a critical
condition.
Firefighters
are working their way through the smouldering remains of the building’s 24
floors, but the fire is out.
Specially
trained dogs are being sent in to look for victims.
A
specialist fire investigation team has identified what is believed to have been
the flat where the fire began.
Witnesses
of Wednesday’s disaster said some people jumped from their flats, while others
saw babies and children being dropped into the arms of people below.
London
Fire Brigade said it had rescued 65 people and that firefighters managed to
battle all the way to the top floor.
The
tower, built in 1974, was home to between 400 and 600 people.
