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| Police have named five of the six victims killed in a fire at a tower block in south-east London. | Police have named five of the six victims killed in a fire at a tower block in south-east London. |
| Helen Udoaka, 34, and her three-week-old daughter Michelle died following the fire which broke out at the 12-storey Lakanal Estate in Camberwell. | Helen Udoaka, 34, and her three-week-old daughter Michelle died following the fire which broke out at the 12-storey Lakanal Estate in Camberwell. |
| The other three named are Dayana Francisquini, 26, Filipe Francisquini, 3, and Catherine Hickman, 31. The sixth person remains unidentified. | The other three named are Dayana Francisquini, 26, Filipe Francisquini, 3, and Catherine Hickman, 31. The sixth person remains unidentified. |
| Police are treating Friday's fire as suspicious until a cause is determined. | Police are treating Friday's fire as suspicious until a cause is determined. |
| A Metropolitan Police spokeswoman said the sixth victim was believed to be a four-year-old girl. | A Metropolitan Police spokeswoman said the sixth victim was believed to be a four-year-old girl. |
| The Met's Chief Supt Wayne Chance said: "The one further victim of this tragic incident is still to be identified. | The Met's Chief Supt Wayne Chance said: "The one further victim of this tragic incident is still to be identified. |
| "This is proving slightly more difficult as the bodies of the last three casualties still remain in the housing block." | "This is proving slightly more difficult as the bodies of the last three casualties still remain in the housing block." |
| Police: "No information to suggest that any of the victims were particularly targetted" | |
| About 30 people had to be rescued from the building as the fire spread. Another 120 were evacuated. | About 30 people had to be rescued from the building as the fire spread. Another 120 were evacuated. |
| London Fire Bridge (LFB) assistant commissioner Nick Collins said investigators were "reasonably confident" the fire, which was tackled by more than 100 firefighters, started on the ninth floor. | London Fire Bridge (LFB) assistant commissioner Nick Collins said investigators were "reasonably confident" the fire, which was tackled by more than 100 firefighters, started on the ninth floor. |
| All those who died were on the 11th floor, police said. | All those who died were on the 11th floor, police said. |
| Ch Supt Wayne Chance, from the Metropolitan Police, said: "We would always treat a situation like this as suspicious because we don't know the cause... in the first instance." | Ch Supt Wayne Chance, from the Metropolitan Police, said: "We would always treat a situation like this as suspicious because we don't know the cause... in the first instance." |
| The Metropolitan Police said it was still too early to say how the fire started and that officers were working with the LFB's investigation team to establish the cause. | The Metropolitan Police said it was still too early to say how the fire started and that officers were working with the LFB's investigation team to establish the cause. |
| London mayor Boris Johnson described the fire as an "horrendous incident". | London mayor Boris Johnson described the fire as an "horrendous incident". |
| He said what people would want to know was if there was "any intent" behind the cause of the blaze. | He said what people would want to know was if there was "any intent" behind the cause of the blaze. |
| There would also be an investigation into whether there were any "design failures" in the building, he said. | There would also be an investigation into whether there were any "design failures" in the building, he said. |
| Resident Charles Douglas, 56, was trapped in the building when the fire took hold. | |
| He said: "It was pandemonium. | |
| "I heard a woman screaming on the floor below. She had two babies and the smoke was like a chimney. | |
| "She wanted to jump but I told her to stay there otherwise they would have killed themselves." | |
| Lincent Johnson, 48, who lives across the road, said he could smell the fire from his house. | |
| "When I came out I could see people screaming through the windows, waiting to get out," he said. | |
| "It started as a small fire but it seemed to spread within minutes." |