behind me is latimer road tube station, you can see the railway line there just in front of the tower, that is the underground line. from latimer road it takes you to ladbroke growth which is notting hill, the borough is kensington and chelsea, one of the richest in the country. i spoke to the council leader earlier who said it's very early stages. he had no steer on how this buyer managed to spread so rapidly. now steer on the cause. he said what they needed to establish is the many people were in the flats. we know there were at least 120 apartments, we do not know how many were in each of the flats. he says it is devastating, he thanked the emergency services and confirmed

latimer road and white city? that's right, latimer road station is the closest asian to that building. through to ours and fall of that information —— statoin. what can you tell us? so, i've heard from friends and from family members some stories that are quite tragic, people calling from inside a building on their mobile phones, telling family members that they won't make it and wishing people goodbye. also another family friend who left, who escaped, she said that when she came out of the building there were no fire alarms on in the area where she was — there were no fire alarms working. and she said that the fire was in the fire exit and in the stairwell. so, i... yeah, iam quite and in the stairwell. so, i... yeah, i am quite shocked to hear that. also, people have been whatsapping meet and they said they have seen people flashing, this was early on, flashing mobile phones, trying to tell people that they are alive and that they are there. and i think i reported to you earlier that i have heard people calling out for help, so they're definitely were people who were trapped inside —

police treating, the paramedics, sorry, treating at least five to six people just outside latimer road stationater in the back of my car, and we offered it to the policeman who was relieved when he received the water and he went straightaway and gave it to the people on the streets who, apparently, are being treated from smoke... and i don't know to what extent of treatment they were getting. i have seen a gentleman, a young quyr getting. i have seen a gentleman, a young guy, who was maybe 18 or 19 yea rs young guy, who was maybe 18 or 19 years old, and he was in shock, in tea rs. years old, and he was in shock, in tears. and apparently his family, or family members, live in the building and he was unable to get through to them on the phone — he was hysteric, basically. the police were doing a lot of effort to push everyone back and try to ask them not to come any closer. and instead of the people who are there, instead of standing and filming and taking pictures, they can at least offer some help, especially those who live around, by taking someone in or offering water or snacks orfood or tak

latimer road tube station is close by and transport networks in the area have been closed off this morningas built in 1974 and is 2a stories high. it was refurbished in may 2016 and contains 120 flats thought to be home to between 400 and 600 people. what is happening now? iamon what is happening now? i am on the very edge of a police cordon. there are keeping people well back because of the amount of debris and cladding that has been falling off. they are not worried about the building falling down. the fire service commissioner said, despite the huge fire and the loss of life, the building didn't appear to be falling down. we have had a new fire rate in the middle of the building that has spread to the top of the building. there is still a considerable fire blazing and it is very difficult for the firefighters to reach the middle of the building and the top of the building. they have brought in this hydraulic platform which is able to target hundreds of gallons of water into that fire in the middle of the building and that is hopefully putting out the worst of the fire, although as you c

latimer road tube station is close by and transport networks in the area have been closed off this morningrbished in may 2016 — and contains 120 flats thought to be home to between a00 and 600 people. it is not known exactly how many people were in the block at the time but it is thought that most of those in their were asleep because it was just before 1am when the fire started and a lot of local eyewitnesses have said it started with a refrigerator on the fourth floor exploding. 0ur correspondent wyre davies who is overlooking the scene. what is the latest where you are? as you can see from behind me, there is still smoke billowing from the building itself, which is proof that the firefighters said that there are still pockets of fire still ablaze in the building, particularly in the middle and at the top of the building, despite almost unprecedented numbers of appliances and firefighters at the scene. there we re and firefighters at the scene. there were incredible details in what the fire chief said, especially that given their long experience, none of them had seen a fire spread so qu

behind me is latimer road tube station, you can see the railway line there just in front of the towerd line. from latimer road it takes you to ladbroke growth which is notting hill, the borough is kensington and chelsea, one of the richest in the country. i spoke to the council leader earlier who said it's very early stages. he had no steer on how this buyer managed to spread so rapidly. now steer on the cause. he said what they needed to establish is the many people were in the flats. we know there were at least 120 apartments, we do not know how many were in each of the flats. he says it is devastating, he thanked the emergency services and confirmed g re nfell tower the emergency services and confirmed grenfell tower had been recently refurbished. he went on to tell me that my understanding is it would have had to pass a number of stringent fire safety regulations after the refurbishment. we will try to talk to him alive later on, the leader of kensington and chelsea council. let me introduce you to more local residents, moira, and linda, thank you so much for talking to us. this i

latimer road tube station is open, ladbroke grove is open, which is notting hill, which is where thegh, i think, no more donations are needed, no more donations are needed, no more donations needed. but, what they do need our helpers, and these are some helpers signing in. good morning. hello. are you volunteering? the whole community is chipping in. they are taking our telephone numbers, and when it is needed we will come and when it is needed we will come and help. it is good to know that they do not need help at the moment because so many people are already helping out. you will come back later if they need you? yes, we live locally. we will try to help. thank you. thank you very much. so, the extraordinary community effort, another example of it there, to help the victims of the blaze. brought together, hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people, in a perfect example of community spirit. also, people like adele turned up to a vigil, who was apparently hugging and comforting survivors. churches and comforting survivors. churches and community centres have opened their doors from

designated assistant spot for survivors and i understand also in the lata road underground station people have been receiving help —— latimer out, we have heard, someone got out is what we are hearing from the crowd, so lots of elation here in the area, people running around saying someone got out. i can't confirm who that is or where that happened. we are just trying to listen into the background noise behind you. so, you're suggesting that your hearing people behind you saying that somebody has got out four hours after this plays got started ? four hours after this plays got started? yes, i can see people running, saying someone got out, i can't confirm it, they were closer to the event and i was and they are running towards that direction. u nfortu nately i running towards that direction. unfortunately i can't confirm that but just hearing the unfortunately i can't confirm that butjust hearing the crowd sort of uproarandi butjust hearing the crowd sort of uproar and i just wanted butjust hearing the crowd sort of uproar and ijust wanted to report on that. thank you for doing that. in terms of, usama, we are watching the

latimer road. the district line has minor delays between earl's court and wimbledon due to signal failure at parsons green. just to let you know, tim —— finsbury park tube stationed. a look at today's weather. it's going to be another hot, sunny day. there is the chance of some thunder later. the temperature will reach a high of around 32 celsius. just before we go, these are live pictures of finsbury park. will ease investigations are ongoing. there is much more on breakfast and the radio station. i will be back with the latest in half an hour. good morning. first, our main story. one man has been killed and eight people have been taken to three separate hospitals after a van drove into a crowd of pedestrians near a mosque in north london. theresa may has said police are treating the incident near finsbury park "as a potential terrorist attack" and counter terrorism police are investigating. the prime minister has also confirmed she will be chairing a meeting of the cabinet‘s emergency cobra committee later this morning. officers have cordoned off a large area close to finsbury park mosque. many of the victims are believed to havejust left evening prayers, aft