Mum of six 'loses two kids running from 12th floor during blaze'
There are fears that a mother of six has lost two of her children while fleeing the horror blaze at the Grenfell Tower apartment building in west London.
Harrowing details have begun to emerge about the horror blaze, which has continued to burn for many hours, with six deaths confirmed. A further 74 people have been injured.
Police have said those numbers are expected to rise.
An eyewitness has told BBC News how he feared a mother had lost two of her children as she tried to get them to safety.
"There was one woman on the 12th floor, she's left with her six kids and by the time she's got to the ground floor, there's only four of them with her,” he said.
Another eyewitness, known as Tamara, told the broadcaster parents were going to desperate measures to save their children from the blaze.
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"We could hear people screaming 'help me' so me and my brother, with some other people who live in the area, ran over to the estate to where you could still get underneath it and there were people just throwing their kids out saying 'save my children',” she said.
"The fire crew, ambulance and police couldn't do anything, they couldn't get in, and they were just telling them to stay where they are, and we'll come and get you.
"But things quickly escalated beyond measure and they couldn't go back in and get them.”
London Fire Commissioner Dany Cotton said the blaze presented "extremely challenging and very difficult conditions to rescue people and bring this fire under control."
The speed at which the fire spread has been attributed to the external cladding and a build-up of rubbish inside the building.
Earlier there were fears that the building may collapse, but this has now been ruled out by authorities.
