News in photos: London tower fire

Fire engulfs Grenfell Tower, a residential tower block on June 14, 2017 in west London. The massive fire ripped through the 27-storey apartment block in west London in the early hours of Wednesday, trapping residents inside as 200 firefighters battled the blaze. Police and fire services attempted to evacuate the concrete block and said "a number of people are being treated for a range of injuries", including at least two for smoke inhalation.   / AFP PHOTO / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS
Fire engulfs Grenfell Tower, a residential tower block on June 14, 2017 in west London.
The massive fire ripped through the 24-storey apartment block in west London in the early hours of Wednesday, trapping residents inside as 200 firefighters battled the blaze. Police and fire services attempted to evacuate the concrete block and said “a number of people are being treated for a range of injuries”, including at least two for smoke inhalation. / AFP PHOTO / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS

 

This handout image received by local resident Giulio Thuburn early on June 14, 2017 shows flames engulfing a 27-storey block of flats in west London. The fire brigade said 40 fire engines and 200 firefighters had been called to the blaze in Grenfell Tower, which has 120 flats. / AFP PHOTO / Giulio Thuburn / Giulio Thuburn / -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Giulio Thuburn" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - NO ARCHIVES
This handout image received by local resident Giulio Thuburn early on June 14, 2017 shows flames engulfing a 24-storey block of flats in west London.
The fire brigade said 40 fire engines and 200 firefighters had been called to the blaze in Grenfell Tower, which has 120 flats. / AFP PHOTO / Giulio Thuburn /
Smoke billows from Grenfell Tower as firefighters attempt to control a blaze at a residential block of flats on June 14, 2017 in west London. Shaken survivors of a blaze that ravaged a west London tower block told Wednesday of seeing people trapped or jump to their doom as flames raced towards the building's upper floors and smoke filled the corridors.  / AFP PHOTO / Adrian DENNIS
Smoke billows from Grenfell Tower as firefighters attempt to control a blaze at a residential block of flats on June 14, 2017 in west London.
Shaken survivors of a blaze that ravaged a west London tower block told Wednesday of seeing people trapped or jump to their doom as flames raced towards the building’s upper floors and smoke filled the corridors. / AFP PHOTO / Adrian DENNIS

 

Members of the emergency services watch as Grenfell Tower is engulfed by fire on June 14, 2017 in west London.  The massive fire ripped through the 27-storey apartment block in west London in the early hours of Wednesday, trapping residents inside as 200 firefighters battled the blaze. Police and fire services attempted to evacuate the concrete block and said "a number of people are being treated for a range of injuries", including at least two for smoke inhalation.   / AFP PHOTO / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS
Members of the emergency services watch as Grenfell Tower is engulfed by fire on June 14, 2017 in west London.
The massive fire ripped through the 27-storey apartment block in west London in the early hours of Wednesday, trapping residents inside as 200 firefighters battled the blaze. Police and fire services attempted to evacuate the concrete block and said “a number of people are being treated for a range of injuries”, including at least two for smoke inhalation. / AFP PHOTO / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS

 

Flames and smoke engulf Grenfell Tower, a residential block on June 14, 2017 in west London.  Shaken survivors of a blaze that ravaged a west London tower block told Wednesday of seeing people trapped or jump to their doom as flames raced towards the building's upper floors and smoke filled the corridors.  / AFP PHOTO / Adrian DENNIS
Flames and smoke engulf Grenfell Tower, a residential block on June 14, 2017 in west London.
Shaken survivors of a blaze that ravaged a west London tower block told Wednesday of seeing people trapped or jump to their doom as flames raced towards the building’s upper floors and smoke filled the corridors. / AFP PHOTO / Adrian DENNIS
Smoke billows from Grenfell Tower as firefighters attempt to control a huge blaze on June 14, 2017 in west London. The massive fire ripped through the 27-storey apartment block in west London in the early hours of Wednesday, trapping residents inside as 200 firefighters battled the blaze. Police and fire services attempted to evacuate the concrete block and said "a number of people are being treated for a range of injuries", including at least two for smoke inhalation.   / AFP PHOTO / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS
Smoke billows from Grenfell Tower as firefighters attempt to control a huge blaze on June 14, 2017 in west London.
The massive fire ripped through the 24-storey apartment block in west London in the early hours of Wednesday, trapping residents inside as 200 firefighters battled the blaze. Police and fire services attempted to evacuate the concrete block and said “a number of people are being treated for a range of injuries”, including at least two for smoke inhalation. / AFP PHOTO / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS