New video shows the moment British firefighters get their first glimpse of the raging Grenfell Tower inferno that engulfed the apartment complex, killing at least 79 people.
The footage was recorded from inside one the fire engines making its way to the apartment fire in the early morning hours of last Wednesday.
“Jesus Christ, mate,” a first responder says in the cellphone footage.
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“Is that, that’s not a real block with people in it?” a firefighter asks. “F*** me.”
“How the f*** are we gonna get into that?” another man says. “Oh my God, there’s f***ing kids in there.”
As the fire truck speeds down a road, the engulfed building is seen lighting up the night’s sky.
“How the f*** does that happen? Jesus Christ,” a firefighter says.
As the fire truck nears the building, the reality of what they are dealing with becomes clearer.
“That’s a real block, oh sh**,” a firefighter says. “It’s a towering inferno, isn’t it.”
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On Sunday, investigators released photographs and video footage showing what’s left of the inside the 24-storey apartment building that was engulfed in flames in the early morning hours of last Wednesday.
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Footage from inside the building shows partially melted washing machines and fridges among heaps of twisted metal and other debris.
At a press conference Sunday, Metropolitan Police Commander Stuart Cundy said the scale of the damage “verge on indescribable.”
“It is really important that we are clear about the scale of the challenge facing us as our teams search Grenfell Tower to recover those people still inside and return them to their loved ones. Whilst our teams have been from the bottom to the top of the tower, we must now carry out a full forensic and systematic search,” the commander explained. “The conditions due to the fire damage verge on indescribable, which is why this will be such a lengthy operation taking weeks to complete. We must also prepare people for the terrible reality that some people may not be identified due to the intensity of the fire.”
On Monday, police confirmed 79 people were either dead or missing and those who are unaccounted for are presumed to be dead as a result of the fire. Only five people have been formally identified.
Prime Minister Theresa May has ordered a public inquiry into what caused the apartment that once housed nearly 600 people in 120 units, to go up into flames.
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