A massive fire has engulfed a 27-storey block of flats in
London, with reports of people trapped in their homes.
According to The Guardian (UK), the inferno, which started
in the early hours of Wednesday, has had more than 200 firefighters struggling
to contain it.
Over 200 people are reported to be residents in the burning
tower located on the Lancaster West Estate, north Kensington.
The Metropolitan Police said residents were being evacuated
from the tower block. However a large number of people are yet to be accounted
for.
An eyewitness said people were jumping from the burning
building.
According to her, she woke when her son noticed fire outside
the window. “We grabbed what we could – when we opened up the door we saw a lot
of smoke.
“By the time she and her son escaped the building its entire
left side was on fire ‘from top to bottom’ she said.
A witness told BBC radio “It’s just an inferno. I can hear
people screaming, ‘Help me, help me,’ but the building is too big.”
As dawn broke, columns of thick black smoke continued to
rise from the building and ash filled the air, as firefighters tackled the
blaze from the ground.
By Chijioke Jannah
