Grenfell Tower fire: What we know so far as fire rages through London tower block

Huge high rise blaze leaves residents trapped inside

Firefighters are tackling a huge blaze that has engulfed a block of flats in west London.

Here's what we know so far:

• London Fire Brigade was first called at 12.54am on Wednesday morning to the Grenfell Tower in Latimer Road.
• The building in north Kensington is at least 24 stories high.
•  Forty engines containing more than 200 firefighters attended the scene.
• Thirty people were taken to five hospitals following the fire.
• Fire crews from north Kensington, Kensington, Hammersmith and Paddington and surrounding stations were at the scene with the fire burning from the second to the top floor.
• The cause of the fire is not yet clear.
• London mayor Sadiq Khan has said the fire has been declared a “major incident”.
• The Grenfell Tower was built in 1974 and contains 120 homes, according to the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
• More than 20 ambulance crews were sent to the scene, London Ambulance Service said.

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