• Twelve people have died, according to police, with the number expected to rise
• Seventy-eight people have been treated in hospital
• It is unknown how many remain unaccounted for, with police saying that it is unlikely that more survivors will be found
• Estimates suggest between 400 and 600 people live in the building, which contains about 120 flats
• There are still pockets of fire in the building, but firefighters have searched almost all of it
• The causes of the fire are unknown, but the local Grenfell Action Group, external claimed both before and during the refurbishment that the block constituted a fire risk

• There have been reports that cladding - added in the refurbishment - may have helped the fire spread, but the company behind the works says there are no known links
• Read our comprehensive report
• Here's a picture gallery of the blaze
• More: Baby caught after being 'dropped to safety from tower'
• More: Why are people told to 'stay put'?

Responding to earlier reports, the Department for Communities and Local Government says it's "simply not true" that a report has been "sat on".

In a statement, the DCLG says:

- Following the Lakanal House fire (in 2009) the coroner recommended the guidance relating to fire safety within the Building Regulations was simplified.

- This work is ongoing – including with the publication of a survey in February this year – as our priority is to make sure we have the highest possible standards.

- The Coroner also asked Government to write to councils encouraging them to consider retro-fitting sprinklers, which we did shortly after.

London Fire Brigade said that its specialist urban search and rescue crews and a structural engineer have checked the Grenfell Tower and ruled out the danger of the collapsing, saying it was safe for the crews currently there.

It added:, external "Thankfully any reported injuries to firefighters have been minor and they have been treated at the scene by London Ambulance Service crews."

Mahad Egal tells how he managed to escape from his flat in Grenfell Tower with his family.

Jeremy Corbyn said it was "everyone's worst nightmare" and praised the emergency services but added that questions needed to be answered...

A firefighter who helped tackle the Grenfell Tower blaze has compared the scene to a "war zone".

An experienced emergency worker of 27 years, Terry spent eight hours working at the scene in North Kensington.

Bob Dale
BBC Live reporter

Harley Facades Limited, based in Crowborough in East Sussex, says it completed the refurbishment work to Grenfell Tower.

It says this included the installation of exterior cladding.

Harley Facades says it doesn't manufacture the Aluminium Composite Material panels itself, which it says are commonly used in the refurbishment industry.

From aerial photographer Jason Hawkes...

Image source, Jason Hawkes

Image source, Jason Hawkes

Image source, Jason Hawkes

Checks are to be carried out on tower blocks going through similar refurbishment to Grenfell Tower, policing and fire minister Nick Hurd has said.

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Some residents say they repeatedly raised concerns about the safety of the Grenfell Tower, including during a major recent refurbishment.

Nick Paget-Brown, the leader of Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council, confirmed at the press confernce a short time ago that it had been contacted about the works, but said it was too early to say whether any of the complaints were relevant to the blaze.

He went on:

A bit more from the BBC's Claire Heald, close to the scene of the fire. Scuffles broke out outside the emergency centre on Walmar Road and police struggled to contain a surging crowd.

A woman was shrieking and there were some large thuds heard.

It's not clear what the disagreement was about.

But people have been waiting for hours for news. And alongside them stand reporters and crews talking to the community.

Police have moved back the cordon around the site, and the crowd and the press are now separated by the road.

People have been standing out here for hours, waiting for news.

The personnel have changed - people come and go, visit the emergency centre for help and information, leave or arrive in tears. But the crowd itself shows no sign of reducing.

On the pavement outside the Rugby Portobello emergency centre , a well-intended pile of water bottles, duvets, food, clothes, random toys and games sprawls.

Red Cross staff struggle to sort it as kind commuters add to it now - foil-pouches of squash, blankets, cola. Some bring homemade sandwiches.

The collection is off to a nearby Westway rescue centre, where people who have lost, or been evacuated from their homes, might spend the night.

Fire crews are fewer, police remain in force. The local MP has been. NHS workers, counsellors, volunteers come and go.

You hear snatched conversations - who is missing, who has news? And wails and crying.

I talked to carers who worked in the tower - and were swapping anecdotes about the clients with limited mobility, agrophobia even, or multiple children who they know would have struggled to manage escape.

Some are really angry and have questions - whether they're talking about inequality in London's richest borough, or cladding and fire stairs.

It's very warm. All day the sun has shone in clear blue skies - save for a plume of smoke, decreasing but persisting, from Grenfell Tower.

London Fire Brigade Assistant Commissioner, Steve Apter, says:

Addressing where the operation will go from here, London Fire Brigade's Director of Safety & Assurance Steve Apter says: "We're still fighting the fire - the investigation's in its very preliminary stages."

The service is using drones to help assess the integrity of the building, so the fire service can plan its next steps, he tells reporters.

Mr Apter says there are "still pockets of fire yet to be extinguished in places particularly difficult to reach".

A limited crew are inside the building due to the risk to their safety. Their progress was hampered by a fractured gas main, which the safety director says "created quite a significant hazard".

He says any lessons learned from this incident will be borne out not just in London, but across the UK, and globally.

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Notices in fire-stricken high-rise Grenfell Tower told residents to "stay put". Why is that standard advice? Read our full explanation.

"Sadly, I don’t anticipate there will be further survivors," Commander Stuart Cundy tells reporters.

He added that several people were still unaccounted for, without giving a number.

London Fire Brigade's Steve Apter tells reporters: "Apart from those who were able to rescue themselves, the fire brigade rescued 65 individuals who were handed over to the care of the London ambulance service."

Commander Stuart Cundy, from the Met Police, says what is "really important" now is to identify and account for all residents and locate those who are unaccounted for.

"This is going to be a long operation... Not just today, not just tonight," he adds.