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The BBC's Wyre Davis has told BBC News that firefighters have brought in a "hi-tech, unmanned ladder" which is able to direct water right at the middle of the tower, where the fire took hold again earlier.

"Their biggest concern is to put out the fire and make sure the building is safe."

"There doesn't appear to be anybody alive in the building now", but added there were fears that, as firefighters work their way up the tower block, "they may find more bodies".

Recommendations from a report on a tower block fire in 2009 have not been properly reviewed by the government, a parliamentary secretary says.

Ronnie King, honorary secretary of the All-Party Fire Safety and Rescue Group, has told LBC, external that there are around 4,000 tower blocks that do not have fire sprinklers fitted into them.

He said after the fire in Lakanal House in Camberwell, London, in which six people died, there was a "recommendation, which was down to each local council and landlords to determine the appropriateness" of the lack of fire sprinklers in some blocks.

"Our group recommended that due to the speed that the fire spread in Lakanal House, that building regulations should be reviewed. It's nearly 11 years since it has been reviewed.

"Sucessive ministers since 2013 have said they are still looking at it."

More dramatic footage, taken overnight, from the fire at Grenfell Tower.

Children in the area are being given masks to combat the smoke which is choking the local atmosphere.

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Met Police Commander Stuart Cundy said his "thoughts were with everyone involved in this truly shocking fire".

"I can confirm six fatalities at this time but this figure is likely to rise during what will be a complex recovery operation over a number of days.

"Many others are receiving medical care.

"I thank the public for their patience and their cooperation today which has already greatly assisted our policing response."

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BBC Radio 5 live reporter Lesley Ashmall tweeted at 07:33 BST that soot and bits of ash were falling all over the roads near Grenfell Tower.

At 10:38 BST she took a photo of this object that fell on her, tweeting that soot and ash was still "raining down."

"There's still a lot of soot and smoke in the air," she told BBC Radio 5 live.

The BBC's Claire Heald says that a huge elevated hose can be seen dousing down the building at the back.

She added: "People are stopping as they pass to look up at the charred frame of the building and take photos.

"You can see right into some of the floors now. Each level and empty window is marked out in a black, burnt pattern.

"Some have come just to look. Some are talking about their plans to head to church later and pray for those who perished."

Six people killed in fire at Grenfell Tower, says Commander Stuart Cundy of the Metropolitan Police. Death toll expected to rise.

Tim Stokes
in North Kensington

A constant line of trolleys filled with bottled water and food arrive at the evacuation centre at St Clements Church.

Others carry boxes and trays and hand out their supplies of drinks and food to locals and emergency services who are congregated in the area.

Locals say they want to play their part to help those affected.

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Eyewitness Saimir Lleshi was woken up by people screaming for help.

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in North Kensington

Felix Mosey, a student who grew up in the area, said he rushed to the tower after he heard about the fire.

"It's my area so I wanted to play my part," he said

He tried to volunteer at the Portobello Trust but having been told they had enough people he went to the local supermarket to buy water, fruit and sandwiches for people at the evacuation centre.

"It's good to see the community come together to help," he said.

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Lists are going up on the doors of local community centres and churches saying who is inside, so that those hunting for loved ones can move on quickly with their search.

Many of those believed to have been inside Grenfell Tower when the fire broke out are still unaccounted for.

Some 50 people are being treated in hospital and fatalities have been confirmed.

A crowd is outside the Rugby Portobello Trust, also an emergency centre, reports the BBC's Claire Heald.

Among those waiting for news, Fatna El Bahja has not heard from her brother-in-law. She is composed but in tears.

He lived on the 21st floor with his wife and three children, aged 21, 15 and eight.

Another sister-in-law lived further down in the block and spoke to him when the fire started.

She says the family were told to stay put and wait to be rescued.

Her friend Fatima Sliti says: "The building was in flames. I think they didn't stand a chance.

"We are in God's hands now."

Those concerned for friends and loved ones missing after the fire are using Twitter to post appeals for information.

Labour MP David Lammy is appealing for information about one of his wife's employees, who lives on the 20th floor of the tower with her mother.

Actor Noel Clarke has joined the movement to find Jessica Urbano Ramiez, aged 13, who became separated from her family. Reports suggest she may have been put in an ambulance at the scene.

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London Fire Brigade says it is still working to bring the Grenfell Tower fire under control, and is continuing to carry out searches.

Tim Stokes
in North Kensington

On grass banks people wait with the belongings they managed to grab when they were evacuated from flats surrounding the tower.

Other people walk past wearing pajamas and dressing gowns.

One man, holding his guitar, asks a police officer how he can get away from the cordon. He says he's been here all night and knew some people who were in the tower.

"It's tragic" he says.