Twelve dead 74 hospitalised 20 serious after tower block fire
The death toll rose to 12 after a fire which ripped through a 24-storey West London Residential building in North Kensington, West London.
In the midst of this, a baby was dropped from the 10th floor to safety from the tower block as a man ran forward and managed to catch the baby. It is believed to have started on the fourth floor and spread quickly, as Forty fire engines and around 250 firefighters attempted to tackle the blaze. 78-people have been treated in six hospitals including St Mary’s, Chelsea and Westminster, Royal Free, St Thomas, Charing Cross Hospital and King’s College Hospital. 34 patients remain in the hospital of which 18 are in critical care.