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| First Grenfell fire victims named as search for the missing continues | |
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| Khadija Saye and Mohammed Alhajali are the first people to be named as victims of the Grenfell Tower fire. The family of Saye, an artist whose work has been exhibited at the Venice Biennale, told Sky News that she had been killed. The death of Syrian refugee Alhajali was confirmed by Albdulaziz Almashi, the co-founder of the Syria Solidarity Campaign in the UK, where he worked. | |
| At least 30 people are known to have died so far, according to a statement by Met police commander Stuart Cundy early on Friday afternoon. Cundy said no more survivors were expected to be recovered from the building. | |
| Many more are still unaccounted for. On Thursday, Cundy would not give an estimate of the total number missing, beyond saying it was significant. Responding to speculation that the number of dead could exceed 100, Cundy said: “I hope it is not triple figures, but I can’t be drawn on the numbers.” There are dozens of posters with appeals for missing people on the side of the Latymer community church in the shadow of the tower. | |
| The latest figures provided by NHS England say that 24 people are still being treated in hospitals across London, of whom 12 remain in critical care. | The latest figures provided by NHS England say that 24 people are still being treated in hospitals across London, of whom 12 remain in critical care. |
| Khadija Saye | Khadija Saye |
| Saye, 24, is a photographer who recently exhibited her work at the Venice Biennale. She is believed to have been living in a flat with her mother, Mary Mendy. Her friend David Lammy, the MP for Tottenham, has appealed for information, describing her as a “dear friend, a beautiful soul and emerging artist”. Saye was last heard from at 3am on Wednesday when she messaged on Facebook that she was unable to get out of the flat because the smoke was so thick. | Saye, 24, is a photographer who recently exhibited her work at the Venice Biennale. She is believed to have been living in a flat with her mother, Mary Mendy. Her friend David Lammy, the MP for Tottenham, has appealed for information, describing her as a “dear friend, a beautiful soul and emerging artist”. Saye was last heard from at 3am on Wednesday when she messaged on Facebook that she was unable to get out of the flat because the smoke was so thick. |
| Mohammed Alhajali | |
| The 23-year-old engineering student has been confirmed as one of the victims. His brother Omar, 25, who was also in the flat but managed to escape, told the BBC Mohammed did not follow as he scrambled downstairs in smoke so thick he could not even see his fingers. The two brothers fled Syria three years ago. Omar said when he got outside, he realised his brother was not with him. He called and asked: “Where are you? I thought you were with us.” Mohammed replied he was in the flat, and no one had come for him. “He said, ‘Why you left me?’” said Omar, breaking down. A friend said he spoke to Mohammed on the phone until the student said he could speak no longer. The friend heard cracking, and the phone disconnected. Omar told the BBC: “I saw the fire in the flat from outside. I was watching the flat. It was burning and my brother was inside. The thing is we came from Syria to be safe here and now we are dying here”. | |
| The brothers escaped the Syrian city of Daraa three years ago and were given asylum in the UK. Mohammed worked for the Syria Solidarity Campaign. In a statement the organisation’s co-founder Abdulaziz Almashi said: “Mohammed undertook a dangerous journey to flee war and death in Syria, only to meet it here in the UK, in his own home. Mohammed came to this country for safety and the UK failed to protect him.” | |
| Mary Mendy | Mary Mendy |
| Mendy is Khadija Saye’s mother. According to records, the 53-year-old has been registered as living in the tower block for at least 20 years. She is believed to have been living on the 17th floor of the building. | Mendy is Khadija Saye’s mother. According to records, the 53-year-old has been registered as living in the tower block for at least 20 years. She is believed to have been living on the 17th floor of the building. |
| Isaac Shawo | Isaac Shawo |
| The family of Isaac Shawo, five, say he went missing during the fire. Genet Shawo and her husband, Paulos Petakle, were making their way to safety from their 18th floor flat with their children Luca, three, and Isaac, who was holding a neighbour’s hand and got lost in thick black smoke. His mother told the Evening Standard: “I will not fear the worst. I am still hoping and praying for him.” She said: “He told us during the fire that he didn’t want us to die.” When she got outside she realised Isaac, a pupil at St Francis of Assisi Catholic primary school, wasn’t there. “I have been to all the emergency centres, all the hospitals and there is no news of him,” she said. | The family of Isaac Shawo, five, say he went missing during the fire. Genet Shawo and her husband, Paulos Petakle, were making their way to safety from their 18th floor flat with their children Luca, three, and Isaac, who was holding a neighbour’s hand and got lost in thick black smoke. His mother told the Evening Standard: “I will not fear the worst. I am still hoping and praying for him.” She said: “He told us during the fire that he didn’t want us to die.” When she got outside she realised Isaac, a pupil at St Francis of Assisi Catholic primary school, wasn’t there. “I have been to all the emergency centres, all the hospitals and there is no news of him,” she said. |
| Lucas James | |
| The 12-year-old has not been seen by his family since he went to stay the night at a friend’s house on the 17th floor. His mother and sister, who live on the eighth floor, got out. “Firemen helped us out, but my brother was visiting a friend on the 17th floor and he did not get out. We cannot find him. We have been going round the hospitals,” his sister said. | |
| Farah Hamdan, husband Omar Belkadi and six-month-old daughter Leena Belkadi | Farah Hamdan, husband Omar Belkadi and six-month-old daughter Leena Belkadi |
| The family, including two other children who have since been found, were on the 20th floor. Farah called her sister at about 1am, and was urged by the family to leave but said she had been told to “stay put”. Her cousin, Adel Chaoui, said the two children found were in hospital, one of them in a coma. “No one knows what will happen. The other one is traumatised and sedated but otherwise OK.” | The family, including two other children who have since been found, were on the 20th floor. Farah called her sister at about 1am, and was urged by the family to leave but said she had been told to “stay put”. Her cousin, Adel Chaoui, said the two children found were in hospital, one of them in a coma. “No one knows what will happen. The other one is traumatised and sedated but otherwise OK.” |
| Sheila Smith | Sheila Smith |
| Adam Smith appealed for information about his 84-year-old mother, Sheila. She is believed to have been living at flat 132 in the building. | Adam Smith appealed for information about his 84-year-old mother, Sheila. She is believed to have been living at flat 132 in the building. |
| Mariem Elgwahry | Mariem Elgwahry |
| Friends appealed for information about Elgwahry, who is believed to have been living on the 19th floor. One woman posted that the 27-year-old had last been heard from at 2.30am and was with her mother when she called. According to records, a man called Ahmed Elgwahry was also living in the property. | Friends appealed for information about Elgwahry, who is believed to have been living on the 19th floor. One woman posted that the 27-year-old had last been heard from at 2.30am and was with her mother when she called. According to records, a man called Ahmed Elgwahry was also living in the property. |
| Elgwahry’s mother Suhar is also understood to be missing. | |
| Tony Disson | Tony Disson |
| Friends and family appealed for information about Disson, who was living in flat 194, according to electoral records. Lee Disson posted on Facebook: “If anyone has seen my dad, Tony Disson, could they let us know. My heart goes out to all the people at Grenfell Tower.” | Friends and family appealed for information about Disson, who was living in flat 194, according to electoral records. Lee Disson posted on Facebook: “If anyone has seen my dad, Tony Disson, could they let us know. My heart goes out to all the people at Grenfell Tower.” |
| Jessica Urbano | Jessica Urbano |
| Jessica, 12, was living on the 20th floor and became separated from her family. Ana Ospina, a makeup artist, said she had visited a number of hospitals trying to find out about her niece. She was reported to have been put into an ambulance. Another aunt, Sandra, told the Mirror: “Somebody gave her a phone and she rang her mum at 1.29am and at 1.39am.” She was believed to have been with a group of people on the fire stairs. | Jessica, 12, was living on the 20th floor and became separated from her family. Ana Ospina, a makeup artist, said she had visited a number of hospitals trying to find out about her niece. She was reported to have been put into an ambulance. Another aunt, Sandra, told the Mirror: “Somebody gave her a phone and she rang her mum at 1.29am and at 1.39am.” She was believed to have been with a group of people on the fire stairs. |
| Her uncle Carlos Ruiz said: “We have just been trying everything – searching all the hospitals, twice, three times over. We haven’t heard anything yet.” | Her uncle Carlos Ruiz said: “We have just been trying everything – searching all the hospitals, twice, three times over. We haven’t heard anything yet.” |
| Gloria Trevisan and Marco Gottardi | Gloria Trevisan and Marco Gottardi |
| A lawyer for the family of Gloria Trevisan, 26, an Italian architecture graduate, who lived with partner Marco Gottardi, told Italian media there was “no hope” of finding the couple alive. Trevisan had phoned her family at 3am. “She said goodbye,” said lawyer Maria Cristina Sandin. “She said ‘Thank you, Mother, for what you have done for me.” Then the line was disconnected. The young Italian couple had recently moved into the 23rd floor of the block. | |
| Abdulaziz Wahabi, wife Faouzia, and children Nurhouda, Yassin and Medhi | Abdulaziz Wahabi, wife Faouzia, and children Nurhouda, Yassin and Medhi |
| All lived on the 21st floor of the tower, according to Wahabi’s sister, Hana, who spoke to him on the night. “He said he had been told to stay inside, stay in one room together and put towels under the door. I told him to leave.” But he said there was too much smoke. “The last time I saw him they were waving out the window. The last time I spoke to his wife, he was on the phone to the fire brigade.” | All lived on the 21st floor of the tower, according to Wahabi’s sister, Hana, who spoke to him on the night. “He said he had been told to stay inside, stay in one room together and put towels under the door. I told him to leave.” But he said there was too much smoke. “The last time I saw him they were waving out the window. The last time I spoke to his wife, he was on the phone to the fire brigade.” |
| Zainab Dean | Zainab Dean |
| Francis Dean, 47, said his sister Zainab had called him to say firefighters had instructed her to remain in her 14th-floor flat with her two-year-old son, Jeremiah. That was in the early hours of Wednesday. | Francis Dean, 47, said his sister Zainab had called him to say firefighters had instructed her to remain in her 14th-floor flat with her two-year-old son, Jeremiah. That was in the early hours of Wednesday. |
| He told the Telegraph: “My sister called me to say there was a fire in the tower. I told her to leave by the stairs but she said she had been told to stay inside her flat. That was in the early hours of today and I’ve not heard from her since. I fear the worst.” | He told the Telegraph: “My sister called me to say there was a fire in the tower. I told her to leave by the stairs but she said she had been told to stay inside her flat. That was in the early hours of today and I’ve not heard from her since. I fear the worst.” |
| Dean, who works for a distribution firm, said that at one stage a firefighter borrowed his phone and spoke to Zainab. | Dean, who works for a distribution firm, said that at one stage a firefighter borrowed his phone and spoke to Zainab. |
| “He told her to keep calm and that they were coming to get her. He kept saying that to her again and again,” he said. “But then he handed me the phone and said to me: ‘Tell her you love her.’ I knew then to fear the worst. The phone went dead and I couldn’t talk to her.” | “He told her to keep calm and that they were coming to get her. He kept saying that to her again and again,” he said. “But then he handed me the phone and said to me: ‘Tell her you love her.’ I knew then to fear the worst. The phone went dead and I couldn’t talk to her.” |
| Rania Ibraham | Rania Ibraham |
| Believed to be the mother of two small children, aged three and five, the 30-year-old uploaded a Facebook Live video as she appeared to be stuck at the top of the tower block. Friends have not seen or heard from her since. In the footage, she can be seen seeking help in the smoke-filled corridor before going back into her home and looking down to the street below from her balcony. Her husband reportedly was not at home because he was on holiday. | Believed to be the mother of two small children, aged three and five, the 30-year-old uploaded a Facebook Live video as she appeared to be stuck at the top of the tower block. Friends have not seen or heard from her since. In the footage, she can be seen seeking help in the smoke-filled corridor before going back into her home and looking down to the street below from her balcony. Her husband reportedly was not at home because he was on holiday. |
| Good Morning Britain reported that Ibraham, 30, sent her friend Yaz a video message on Snapchat while trapped on the 23rd floor of the 24-storey tower block. Yaz showed the video message of her friend speaking in Arabic, saying she was stuck in her flat: “You can see she is trapped. She is praying and saying: ‘Forgive me everyone. Goodbye.’” | Good Morning Britain reported that Ibraham, 30, sent her friend Yaz a video message on Snapchat while trapped on the 23rd floor of the 24-storey tower block. Yaz showed the video message of her friend speaking in Arabic, saying she was stuck in her flat: “You can see she is trapped. She is praying and saying: ‘Forgive me everyone. Goodbye.’” |
| Nadia Choucair | Nadia Choucair |
| Council records show that Nadia and Malak Choucair were living in flat 193. Nadia, 33, worked as a nursery officer at the Avondale Park primary school. A resident called Hulya, who lives close to the scene of the fire, told the Telegraph: “Nadia’s daughter rang a friend saying: ‘I don’t think I’m going to make it.’ It’s heartbreaking.” | Council records show that Nadia and Malak Choucair were living in flat 193. Nadia, 33, worked as a nursery officer at the Avondale Park primary school. A resident called Hulya, who lives close to the scene of the fire, told the Telegraph: “Nadia’s daughter rang a friend saying: ‘I don’t think I’m going to make it.’ It’s heartbreaking.” |
| Nura Jamal, husband Hashim Kedir, and their children Yahya 13, Firdaws, 12, and Yaqub, six | |
| Appeals have been made for information about the family, who are believed to have been in their apartment close to the top of the tower. Posters with photos of Firdaws and Yahya, wearing climbing helmets and taken on a PGL holiday, have been put up near the block. Friends of Nura said she had contacted them from the building as the fire took hold. According to records, Jamel was living at flat 192. | |
| Ali Yawar Jafari | Ali Yawar Jafari |
| Hamid Ali Jafari appealed on Twitter for information about his father. He said the 82-year-old was living on the 10th floor of the building and lost contact with his mother and sister, who lived with him. “He was with my mother and sister in the lift and she said the lift stopped on the 10th floor and he said there was too much smoke and he couldn’t breathe and he got out of the lift and then the door shut and it didn’t stop again till the ground floor,” he told the Telegraph. | Hamid Ali Jafari appealed on Twitter for information about his father. He said the 82-year-old was living on the 10th floor of the building and lost contact with his mother and sister, who lived with him. “He was with my mother and sister in the lift and she said the lift stopped on the 10th floor and he said there was too much smoke and he couldn’t breathe and he got out of the lift and then the door shut and it didn’t stop again till the ground floor,” he told the Telegraph. |
| Maria Del Pilar Burton | |
| The 65-year-old, who has Alzheimer’s, was caught in the fire with husband Nicholas. He awoke in hospital not knowing where Maria was and is appealing for help. It is thought she got out of the building. | |
| Ligaya Moore | Ligaya Moore |
| The embassy of the Philippines in London has appealed for information about Moore, 79. Her grandson Nico Purificación said: “Our family loves her so much. She’s very fun to be with. So innocent yet very straightforward. She’s been in London for a very long time. She visits us here in the Philippines once in a while.” | The embassy of the Philippines in London has appealed for information about Moore, 79. Her grandson Nico Purificación said: “Our family loves her so much. She’s very fun to be with. So innocent yet very straightforward. She’s been in London for a very long time. She visits us here in the Philippines once in a while.” |
| Marjorie Vital | |
| The 67-year-old and her son, Ernie, 43, lived on the 16th floor. | |
| Komru Miah, wife Razia Begum and children Abdul Hanif, Abdul Hamid and Hosna Begum Tanima | Komru Miah, wife Razia Begum and children Abdul Hanif, Abdul Hamid and Hosna Begum Tanima |
| Komru Miah, 82, his wife Razia Begum, 65, and their children Abdul Hanif, 29, Abdul Hamid, 26 and Hosna Begum Tanima, 22, lived on the 17th floor. Friends have appealed for information, the Bangladeshi newspaper the Dhaka Tribune reported. A family friend said: “We are all just waiting and praying for some good news.” | Komru Miah, 82, his wife Razia Begum, 65, and their children Abdul Hanif, 29, Abdul Hamid, 26 and Hosna Begum Tanima, 22, lived on the 17th floor. Friends have appealed for information, the Bangladeshi newspaper the Dhaka Tribune reported. A family friend said: “We are all just waiting and praying for some good news.” |
| Sakineh and Fatima Afraseiabi | |
| The sisters lived on the 18th floor. Sakineh reportedly called her son in the early hours of Wednesday morning saying they were in trouble and there was a fire, then the phone went dead. | |
| Steve Power | |
| The father of five, 63, was reportedly reluctant to leave his two bull terriers and is thought to have remained in the 14th floor flat. He told relatives: “I’m staying here with my dogs.” | |
| Hamid Kani | |
| The 61-year-old Iranian lived on the 15th floor. | |
| Brkite Haftom and son Biruk | |
| They lived in flat 155. Family friend Dejan Araya told the BBC that Brkite’s sister and friend have been searching hospitals and the last time there was any contact with them was at about 10pm on the night of the fire. | |
| Fathaya Alsanousi | |
| In her 70s, she was reportedly stuck in her 23rd floor flat with her son Abu Feras, 38, and daughter Esra Ibrahim, 35. | |
| Mohamed ‘Saber’ Neda | Mohamed ‘Saber’ Neda |
| A friend of Neda, Ariana Neumann Rodger, posted on Facebook that “his family are severely injured and in hospital and desperate to find out where he is”. Zia Popal, who described Neda as his uncle, posted: “He was on the top floor of the building trying to help [people] and went missing since.” He added that none of the hospitals had him registered. | A friend of Neda, Ariana Neumann Rodger, posted on Facebook that “his family are severely injured and in hospital and desperate to find out where he is”. Zia Popal, who described Neda as his uncle, posted: “He was on the top floor of the building trying to help [people] and went missing since.” He added that none of the hospitals had him registered. |
| According to records, Neda, 57, lived in flat 205 in the building with his family. He is understood to have stayed behind because he was injured, and his family have not had any contact with him since 3.30am. His wife, Shakila, 45, and son, Farhad, 24, reportedly fled the blaze. | According to records, Neda, 57, lived in flat 205 in the building with his family. He is understood to have stayed behind because he was injured, and his family have not had any contact with him since 3.30am. His wife, Shakila, 45, and son, Farhad, 24, reportedly fled the blaze. |
| Raymond ‘Moses’ Bernard | Raymond ‘Moses’ Bernard |
| A family friend has confirmed to the Press Association that Raymond Bernard, 65, known to friends as Moses, is missing after the fire. He was registered as living at flat 201 in Grenfell Tower, along with a 53-year-old woman called Karen Bernard. They had lived there since at least 2003. | A family friend has confirmed to the Press Association that Raymond Bernard, 65, known to friends as Moses, is missing after the fire. He was registered as living at flat 201 in Grenfell Tower, along with a 53-year-old woman called Karen Bernard. They had lived there since at least 2003. |
| Mo Tuccu | Mo Tuccu |
| He is missing along with his wife, Amalahmedin, and his three-year-old daughter after visiting relatives at the tower. His manager, Mike Morgan, chief executive of the Soho-based PR agency the Red Consultancy, told Sky News: “Mo is part of the family. He will have been with us for 10 years next month and is due to be awarded his decade milestone. We all just want to hear he is OK.” | He is missing along with his wife, Amalahmedin, and his three-year-old daughter after visiting relatives at the tower. His manager, Mike Morgan, chief executive of the Soho-based PR agency the Red Consultancy, told Sky News: “Mo is part of the family. He will have been with us for 10 years next month and is due to be awarded his decade milestone. We all just want to hear he is OK.” |
| Our colleague Mo Tuccu is missing after visiting relatives at Grenfell Tower last night.Pls retweet. @skynews @BBCNews #GrenfellTowerFire pic.twitter.com/BIG6axnSos | Our colleague Mo Tuccu is missing after visiting relatives at Grenfell Tower last night.Pls retweet. @skynews @BBCNews #GrenfellTowerFire pic.twitter.com/BIG6axnSos |
| Hesham Reman | Hesham Reman |
| Karim Musilly spoke to his uncle Hesham Reman, 57, on the phone at 1.30am. Reman was living on the 19th floor and has not been heard from since. “He said there is a fire in the building, he had phoned the police who said stay in your flat and put a wet towel under the door. He was getting really worried because the smoke was coming in. Then the phone went dead,” Musilly said. | Karim Musilly spoke to his uncle Hesham Reman, 57, on the phone at 1.30am. Reman was living on the 19th floor and has not been heard from since. “He said there is a fire in the building, he had phoned the police who said stay in your flat and put a wet towel under the door. He was getting really worried because the smoke was coming in. Then the phone went dead,” Musilly said. |
| Abdel Salam, 75 | |
| Friends have told the Sun that he rang his son from his 23rd-floor flat to say “I can’t breathe”. He has been described as a “leader of the community” who lived there for 40 years after moving from Morocco. A friend said his sons had been to the mosque and had seen the fire at about 1.30am. | |
| Dennis Murphy | |
| He lived on the 14th floor and is understood to have called his nephew while trapped. Steve Racz appealed for information saying: “We haven’t heard anything since.” | |
| If you are concerned for loved ones, the police have set up an emergency line: 0800 0961 233 | If you are concerned for loved ones, the police have set up an emergency line: 0800 0961 233 |