14 June, 2017
Asked about reports that residents had been told to stay in their apartments in the event of fire, he said: "Thankfully residents didn't stay in their flats and fled to safety".
"There were people banging on windows screaming, crying out for help".
"Somebody did, a gentleman ran forward and managed to grab the baby".
"(If I were asleep), we would have all been dead - that's how bad it was", he said. Hassad says she believes one of her friend's daughters is in a hospital, but didn't know which one.
"The more I looked up, floor upon floor".
"Mainly the kids, because obviously their voices, with their high pitched voices - that will remain with me for a long time". One evacuated resident, Tamara, told the BBC, "People were just throwing their kids our saying, 'Just save my children, just save my children'". "You can't get away from a fire on the 18th floor, but God's grace, they got away".
Paul Munakr, who lives on the seventh floor, spoke of his escape. It said the causes of the fire would be fully investigated.
Residents had already fled the block and been treated by paramedics.
London Fire: Thirty people have been taken to five hospitals, LAS said.
There were fears that the building, which houses more than 100 apartments, might collapse.
He said: "It's horrendous".
I can not say how many at this time.
"Slowly those apartments are getting engulfed in smoke, then flames", Mr Martin said.
"I saw the woman later and she was hysterical".
The survivors, whose belongings are presumed to have been destroyed, gathered in the nearby Rugby Portobello community centre where they were given water, clothes and blankets.
Residents rushed to escape through smoke-filled corridors in the housing block after being woken up by the smell of burning. The fire brigade could only help downstairs.
"We can only praise the fire services for their efforts".
"Police said for anyone at the windows to wave a rag or something so the firemen could rescue them, but we thought: how are they gonna do that? I m standing here in everything I ve got", one survivor said.
Ms Lamrany was speaking from the scene, shortly after London police confirmed a "number of fatalities" from the fire that started shortly after 1am local time and engulfed the residential tower.
Hanan Wahabi, 39, who lives on the ninth floor of the 27-storey Grenfell Tower, said she was awoken around 1:00am (0000 GMT) by smoke.
Firefighters were on the scene within six minutes.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said a "major incident" had been declared. "My prayers with those affected & heroes tackling it".
"Equally, the cause of this fire is not known at this stage".
He said that after they fled, explosions from the flats had blue flames, suggesting gas.
A residents action group said their warnings about safety had fallen on "deaf ears". Its just such a big fire.
The flames have subsided significantly since the fire was extinguished at 5 a.m., but the building is still smoldering.
National Health Service nurses and doctors clustered with groups of victims to see if emergency medicine or help was needed.
