simon lederman is our correspondent to is there. a terrifying night.efore us. the news we head through, that we were dealing with a 2a— story block, confirmed as the grenfell tower. some are saying it is 27 stories but the best we can tell you is that the architects who are carrying out the refurbishment say it is 2a stories. it was a fire that simply engulf the building. we were having calls from all parts of london. saying that they could see displays. and its resulting smoke from many miles away. a very concerning scene because we had people talking about the firefighters having difficulty getting their appliances in because of the way the streets are very narrow, those people had been the area. the notting hill carnival, if you've been you will know how difficult the streets are. but also because of the confusion and how quickly the fire spread. you've been there throughout the night. we are hearing from somebody who is desperately searching for their nearly 13—year—old niece. do we know about the people who have managed to get out? do we know ther

we can speak to simon lederman who is at the scene.rting this story since about1:a0 a.m.. the have been reporting this story since about 1:a0 a.m.. the first call went through to the emergency services at 115. in this tower block in the latimer road area of west london, it's confirmed as grenfell tower, and we have estimated from the various eyewitnesses we have spoken to that the building contains around 200 flats so the number of people in that building significantly higher. very early on, it was clear that this was a major incident. the fla mes this was a major incident. the flames could be seen from many miles away and the first reports we had from eyewitnesses were talking about scenes that build them, we were told, with sheer horror. this was a building on fire from its very base to its very top level. it was a fire that was blaring from all of the flats that they could see and later on as the story developed, there we re on as the story developed, there were visions of masonry falling off the building which was preventing having