Residents describe being woken by screaming as fire hit London tower block

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Witnesses have told how they were woken by screaming in the early hours after a fire hit 27-storey Grenfell Tower in north Kensington&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Joanna O&&num;8217&semi;Connor&comma; a local resident&comma; told Sky News&colon; &&num;8220&semi;At about 2am woken up by screaming&comma; sirens and helicopters&period; We came outside and were confronted with the building that was completely engulfed in flames&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;It was a real shock and there were hundreds of people lining the streets&comma; we could still hear screaming from the building and people were milling around in shock crying&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;One of our neighbours&comma; her sister&comma; husband and children were in the building&comma; it was their neighbours&&num;8217&semi; flat that caught fire&period; So it&&num;8217&semi;s very close to us&comma; we&&num;8217&semi;ve got neighbours whose families are in that building&period;&&num;8221&semi; Local resident Tamara told BBC News&colon; &&num;8220&semi;Around 12&period;30&sol;1am my mum called me and said there was a fire outside&period; By the time I got there the whole right side of the building was on fire&comma; the whole thing was engulfed in flames&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We could hear people screaming &&num;8216&semi;Help me&&num;8217&semi; so me and my brother&comma; with some other people who live in the area&comma; ran over to the estate to where you could still get underneath it and there were people just throwing their kids out saying &&num;8216&semi;Save my children&&num;8217&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The fire crew&comma; ambulance and police couldn&&num;8217&semi;t do anything&comma; they couldn&&num;8217&semi;t get in&comma; and they were just telling them to stay where they are&comma; and we&&num;8217&semi;ll come and get you&period; But things quickly escalated beyond measure and they couldn&&num;8217&semi;t go back in and get them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Within another 15 minutes the whole thing was up in flames and there were still people at their windows shouting &&num;8216&semi;Help me&&num;8217&semi;&period; You could see the fire going into their houses and engulfing the last room that they were in&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ecf4749830b">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ecf4749830b'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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