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| Police have said the death toll from the Grenfell Tower fire has risen to 30, including at least one person who was taken to hospital but later died — and the number is expected to increase. | |
| At least 24 people remain in hospital, including 12 in critical care, said Metropolitan Police commander Stuart Cundy. | |
| Speaking to reporters on Friday, Mr Cundy said: “I'm able to say at this point in time at least 30 people have died as a result of this fire." | |
| He said the bodies have been taken to a morgue, but added that more bodies remain in the building following the fire, saying: “Sadly we do not expect there to be any survivors." | |
| On the cause of the fire, he said an investigation would take weeks, but added: “There is nothing to suggest at this time that the fire was started deliberately." | |
| More than 70 people are believed to be unaccounted for since the blaze, which police fear was so devastating that some victims may never be identified. | |
| When asked why it was taking so long to identify the victims, Mr Cundy said he would only give figures the police are certain about, but confirmed that everyone being treated in hospitals had been identified. | |
| He said the building was in a "very hazardous state" and that it would take a period of time for "specialists, both from the police and from the London Fire Brigade, to fully search that building to make sure we locate and recover everybody that has sadly perished in that fire." | |
| An investigation led by a senior detective from Scotland Yard's homicide and major crime command is under way with calls for “corporate manslaughter” arrests to be made. | |
| Mr Cundy vowed police “will get to the answer of what has happened and why”, adding: “If criminal offences have been committed it is us who will investigate that.” |