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UNITED KINGDOM (Reuters) – Residents from across London have sprung into action to help survivors of a massive apartment building fire, offering clothes, blankets, food and many other daily supplies. In the Latymer neighborhood a few hundred meters away from the torched building, a relief center has been set up and many Londoners have come with bags and even whole shopping carts of food, water and clothes, offering much-needed help to the victims. Some people […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) –At least 12 people were killed in a massive blaze that engulfed a London tower block on Wednesday, raising serious questions about fire safety in Britain’s housing blocks. Here is what we know so far: How many victims? The police have said at least 12 people were killed at Grenfell Tower in west London and they expect the number to rise as emergency workers make their way through the building. “Sadly […]
by Alice Ritchie and Rosie Scamell Agence France Presse At least 12 people perished on Wednesday after a massive fire tore through a London apartment block, with witnesses reporting terrified residents had leapt from the tower and dropped their children in a desperate bid for survival. As smoke continued to billow from the gutted building, survivors voiced anger over longstanding safety fears at the 24-storey Grenfell Tower, which was home to between 600 and […]
When Chris Davis woke up at his apartment in Ladbroke Grove, northwest of London, at 2:43 a.m., Wednesday (June 14, 2017), he looked outside his window and saw this — fire raging and eating up the 24-storey Grenfell Tower in west London. The fire reportedly started at around 1 a.m., with policemen receiving the first call at 00:54 am on Wednesday (2354 GMT Tuesday) and were on scene at the Grenfell Tower public housing complex within six […]
by Alice Ritchie Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) People watched in horror as neighbours found themselves trapped or in desperation leapt to their doom as flames raced through the stricken Grenfell Tower. The last time Hanan Wahabi saw her brother was when he and his family waved to her from their home in an upper floor after she had safely left the blazing building. Wahabi, 39, who lives on the ninth floor […]
Six people were confirmed dead in a massive fire that engulfed a London tower block before dawn on Wednesday and the number is expected to rise, police said. “I can confirm six fatalities at this time but this figure is likely to rise during what will be a complex recovery operation over a number of days,” police commander Stuart Cundy said in a statement. London’s fire commissioner earlier said there have been some fatalities in the […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — A lot of people” are still unaccounted for after a massive blaze in a London tower block, and fire crews only managed to reach the 12th floor at the height of the fire, mayor Sadiq Khan said on Wednesday. “A lot of people are unaccounted for. Some of them could have found safe refuges in the homes of their neighbours or their friends,” Khan told Sky News television as smoke […]
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday slammed the economic and political isolation of Qatar as inhumane and contrary to Islamic values after key Gulf states broke off ties with Ankara’s ally. “Taking action to isolate a country in all areas is inhumane and un-Islamic,” Erdogan said in televised comments to his party in Ankara, after Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain broke off relations with Qatar on June 5, accusing it of […]
MUNICH, Germany (AFP) — Several people were wounded when shots were fired at a commuter rail station near the southern German city of Munich on Tuesday, as police detain one person who is believed to be behind the incident. “Several people were injured by shots. A female police officer was badly wounded” at an S-Bahn station in Unterfoehring, a northeastern suburb of the Bavarian city, police tweeted, and that the scene was now “secured.” A Munich police […]
by James Pheby Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom –British Prime Minister Theresa May took the blame for the ruling Conservatives’ disastrous performance at last week’s elections, as she faced her party’s angry MPs on Monday, seeking to ward off any challenge to her leadership. “I got us into this mess, and I’m going to get us out,” May told Conservatives MPs during the meeting in Westminster. May’s Conservatives unexpectedly lost their majority in parliament […]
BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) – French “Spiderman” Alain Robert scaled one of the tallest skyscrapers in Barcelona without a harness on Monday. Bystanders and police watched as the 55-year-old climbed up the Melia Barcelona Sky Hotel, a glass and steel covered hotel building known as the fourth tallest tower in the city. The urban climber is famous for his daredevil, harness-free approach to scuttling up buildings with nothing more than some chalk on his hands and […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (Reuters) – Britain’s Theresa May won a stay of execution from her Conservative Party on Monday (June 12) , winning support from disillusioned lawmakers after losing a parliamentary majority at last week’s national election. The prime minister was described as “contrite” at a meeting of Conservative members called the 1922 Committee, apologising to those politicians who lost their seats in an election she did not need to hold and promising to clear […]
