People across the UK attend a minute's silence for the victims of the London Grenfell Tower fire

Record ID: 896049

  • Title: People across the UK attend a minute's silence for the victims of the London Grenfell Tower fire
  • Date: 19th June 2017
  • Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (JUNE 19, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS AND PEOPLE HOLDING MINUTE'S SILENCE SHIRT PLACED BY FIREFIGHTERS READING (English): "G27 NORTH KENSINGTON 20TH FLOOR. WE TRIED, WE'RE SORRY" SHIRT ON GROUND VARIOUS OF WORKERS DURING MINUTE'S SILENCE FIREFIGHTER CRYING MEMORIAL WALL VARIOUS OF FLOWERS AND WRITTEN MESSAGES VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS HUGGING MAN AND CRYING WOMAN WEARING SHIRT WITH PICTURES OF MISSING PERSON HUGGING FIREFIGHTER PICTURES OF MISSING PEOPLE / FIREFIGHTERS LOOKING AT PICTURES BURNT-OUT TOWER VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS INSPECTING BURNT-OUT TOWER BURNT-OUT TOWER VARIOUS OF BURNT-OUT TOWER SOUNDBITE (English) FIRE-BRIGADE UNION REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE, LUCY MASOUD, SAYING: "What we were presented with was just something absolutely horrific. It was a very, very intense fire that spread very quickly and that's what needs to be mentioned really. Fires don't spread that quickly. Fires are contained, especially a flat fire. I've been in the job for 10 years, I've attended many fires in tower blocks similar to this and they stay within a flat. They are contained and they are contained for between 20 and 40 minutes. So for something to spread this quickly and this dangerously, something's gone seriously wrong, which is what we've seen here." POLICE CORDON FIRE ENGINES PARKED IN CORDONED-OFF AREA
  • Embargoed: 3rd July 2017 15:13
  • Keywords: Grenfell Tower minute's silence emergency services tower fire
  • Location: LONDON, BRADFORD, BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND/CARDIFF, WALES/ GLASGOW, SCOTLAND
  • City: LONDON, BRADFORD, BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND/CARDIFF, WALES/ GLASGOW, SCOTLAND
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Topics: Disaster/Accidents
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016LY1QVB
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Firefighters fought to hold back their tears on Monday (June 19) as they gathered in west London to observe a minute's silence paying tribute to the victims of a blazing tower block fire that left at least 79 dead.
    "We tried, we're sorry" read the words on a red t-shirt that was laid by firefighters near the memorial wall where people have been leaving flowers and written messages for the victims and missing people of the Grenfell Tower fire.
    The emergency services personnel were joined by men and women up and down the country as people came together to remember those who lost their lives and were injured when the fire took hold in the early hours of Wednesday (June 14).
    The fire broke out in the 24-storey tower, a social housing block in Kensington, west London and spread with speed, tearing through the building with residents trapped inside.
    Fire Brigade regional representative Lucy Masoud, who has worked as a firefighter for 10 years, said the fire was unprecedented and should not have spread so quickly.
    On the streets, there is anger over a blocked renovation project that did not install safety devices such as sprinklers.
    Suspicions have grown that flammable materials were used to clad the building and accelerated the spread of the fire.
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