Death Toll Of Grenfell Tower Fire Rises To At Least 30 As Police Launch Criminal Inquiry

At least 30 people have died in the Grenfell Tower fire, police have revealed.

Metropolitan Police commander Stuart Cundy confirmed the death toll as he spoke near the scene of the devastating blaze in west London on Friday.

‘I’m able to say at this point in time at least 30 people have died as a result of this fire,’ he said.

Mr Cundy said the victims included one person who had died in hospital.

‘There is nothing to suggest at this time that the fire was started deliberately,’ he added.

He added that they are looking into what criminal offences may have been committed.

However he added that there is nothing to suggest that the fire was started deliberately.

Mr Cundy reiterated that search crews do not expect to find anymore survivors and the figure will rise.

Explaining why they don’t have a final number of victims yet, he said the building is in a hazardous state and they were working as quickly as possible to confirm who had died.

Today fire crews again used water to damp down the charred building as they began a third day of picking through the tower’s remains.

This morning the Queen and Prince William visited the Westway sports centre to meet volunteers and people made homeless by the fire.

Theresa May said that she would make a private visit to victims in hospital before going on to chair a meeting of Cobra.

Teams were forced to leave the building on Thursday afternoon when the fire restarted, delaying further the efforts to reach upper floors, where some victims are thought to have been trapped.