:00:00. > 3:59:59That's all for tonight. Continuing coverage on the BBC News channel
:00:00. > :00:08.Here, on BBC One, it's time with any developments.
:00:09. > :00:12.I'm a short distance from Grenfell Tower. You have seen how it looks
:00:13. > :00:16.tonight. You have seen how it looked when the flames just took over the
:00:17. > :00:21.building. Now, take a look at this. Take a look at this mountain of
:00:22. > :00:24.clothes. This is the response from local people donating goods for the
:00:25. > :00:29.people who've lost everything. You have these clothes here. You have
:00:30. > :00:32.toiletries here, tooth brushings, food and water in this small space
:00:33. > :00:36.alone. 100 volunteers working hard to make sure this gets to the people
:00:37. > :00:42.who need it most quickly. Let's not forget. It's around about 24-hours
:00:43. > :00:46.since that fire took hold, people in a neighbouring tower block saw what
:00:47. > :00:57.happened in front of their eyes. So how they feeling tonight? Are they
:00:58. > :01:01.scared, worried or anxious. Jim Wheble has been speaking to them.
:01:02. > :01:10.It's not the view that muse ya ever expected, on the 13th floor,
:01:11. > :01:14.You mean literally where those flames are now?
:01:15. > :01:16.Where the flames are, if you move to the right,
:01:17. > :01:25.Are you going make some more calls or go -
:01:26. > :01:29.I'm going to make some calls and later on I'm going to go to bed
:01:30. > :01:32.at the Rugby Centre to inquiry if they have any news.
:01:33. > :01:33.Angela's further up, on the 19th floor.
:01:34. > :01:35.Right in front of her, the neighbouring block,
:01:36. > :01:45.As soon as I saw what was going on, I just couldn't, I couldn't bear it.
:01:46. > :01:48.I turned on the news and just, sort of, let the news
:01:49. > :01:51.But you could still hear the screams over the TV,
:01:52. > :01:59.over the windows closed, over the doors closed.
:02:00. > :02:01.Dennis is on the 10th floor, looking at a view that
:02:02. > :02:03.Because I also remember, a couple months ago,
:02:04. > :02:11.But it was different because that tower was one flat.
:02:12. > :02:13.It's weird how here, how the whole...
:02:14. > :02:15.The whole building just goes on fire.
:02:16. > :02:20.So with this view from their balcony, how safe do they feel now?
:02:21. > :02:32.Do you feel a bit unsafe now yourself?
:02:33. > :02:39.Hopefully, everything - we can find a positive out of this
:02:40. > :02:42.I don't want to think of the negatives.
:02:43. > :02:52.As safe as you can be living on the 19th floor of a tower block
:02:53. > :02:54.building when you've just watched another tower block building
:02:55. > :03:11.People at this donations centre working at a furious rate, as you
:03:12. > :03:15.can see. They are not working alone. Outside here you have people from
:03:16. > :03:19.the sheikh Temple who have made food for the people volunteering who
:03:20. > :03:22.might need to eat because they have been working hard all day. The
:03:23. > :03:26.church have have their own election centre working with the ones here.
:03:27. > :03:30.You have people of no religion who are involved because it's the right
:03:31. > :03:33.thing to do. It's incredible to see. The people who need the help of the
:03:34. > :03:37.volunteers are not just the people from Grenfell Tower, it's people in
:03:38. > :03:40.surrounding properties who have had to evacuate their homes. Catherine
:03:41. > :03:44.Carpenter has been speaking to them. A neighbour brings 88-year-old
:03:45. > :03:47.Mary Dennis a chair. She's been awake since the early
:03:48. > :03:50.hours when she fled her home, All of a sudden I heard my door -
:03:51. > :04:00.bang, bang, bang. I did not get, I didn't get up,
:04:01. > :04:04.but what happened when they bang it There was enough screaming,
:04:05. > :04:12.children screaming, Another neighbour
:04:13. > :04:28.offers food and water. Diego says he needs to keep
:04:29. > :04:30.busy so he doesn't dwell Quite a few people we knew from
:04:31. > :04:35.the tower apparently didn't make it. They saw people jumping
:04:36. > :04:38.from the building. Overnight, St Clements Church
:04:39. > :04:43.became his sanctuary. Here, and at every rescue centre,
:04:44. > :05:21.donations have flooded in all day. the Al-Manaar Mosque counts many
:05:22. > :05:23.Grenfell House residents Today, they were sorting
:05:24. > :05:25.clothes and cooking. Food for those breaking
:05:26. > :05:27.fast tonight or in need Other members of the community took
:05:28. > :05:31.people into their homes, at least three families crammed
:05:32. > :05:33.into this terrace The police evacuated us and my son,
:05:34. > :05:37.he was having an asthma attack. If not, we'd have been
:05:38. > :05:42.left out all night. Also taking in, four month
:05:43. > :05:45.old Yesmin, her bed for the night a stranger's sofa while her mother
:05:46. > :05:51.still waits for news You know what, it's not just second
:05:52. > :05:53.hand clothes donated. People have bought new items of clothes, n
:05:54. > :05:55.toiletries. This is extraordinary from Londoners, isn't it? The
:05:56. > :05:57.response from the community in London has been overwhelming. We are
:05:58. > :06:00.all shocked and horrified by what we have seen in the tragic events of
:06:01. > :06:02.the tower. The generosity of the community has been overwhelming.
:06:03. > :06:04.What struck me is that communities are working together? Absolutely.
:06:05. > :06:07.Communities come from all over London and all over the country to
:06:08. > :06:11.be able to donate and to contribute and support. Everyone you see here
:06:12. > :06:15.is pretty much a volunteer. They are giving their services, giving their
:06:16. > :06:19.hours, Middlesbroughle of the night almost they are working flat out.
:06:20. > :06:23.Jasmine you worked flat out to make this happen? To be honest, it wasn't
:06:24. > :06:28.something I was planning. I called the venue owner and said - look, I
:06:29. > :06:32.know this space is vacant, would it be OK to use this space for
:06:33. > :06:35.donations? It just spiralled into this. It's just been incredible.
:06:36. > :06:41.Absolutely incredible. It's incredible to see as well. Thank you
:06:42. > :06:45.so much for ling us be here tonight. It comes back to the fire, one of
:06:46. > :06:49.the questions that a lot of local people are asking is how it spread
:06:50. > :06:53.up the tower block so very quickly. One of the theories we are hearing a
:06:54. > :06:58.lot of is that it had to do with the cladding around the building. That
:06:59. > :07:00.is a theory which our reporter Gareth Furby has been looking more
:07:01. > :07:04.into it. Arnold Tarling is a fire
:07:05. > :07:06.safety expert and he's What we're testing
:07:07. > :07:09.here is polyurethane, The reason he's doing
:07:10. > :07:13.this is because he has a theory about why the fire spread
:07:14. > :07:16.so rapidly at the Grenfell Tower. It's to do with a
:07:17. > :07:19.material that may have The actual ridgied board insulation
:07:20. > :07:31.that I believe is most likely to have been used is made from the same
:07:32. > :07:34.material, polyurethane. I'm now setting fire
:07:35. > :07:36.to this, and this is That is very, very
:07:37. > :07:40.rapid and this is a typical material used
:07:41. > :07:51.for insulating external buildings. Mr Tarling's test was put out
:07:52. > :07:54.easily, but he thinks tonnes of similar materials could have
:07:55. > :07:56.quickly burnt-out of control. The theory that I have is
:07:57. > :07:59.that the building has been clad with a flammable insulation
:08:00. > :08:01.material on the exterior. Of course there is no official
:08:02. > :08:03.statement yet on the cause of the fire and the reason
:08:04. > :08:20.for its rapid spread. But three years ago at a safety
:08:21. > :08:23.conference, Arnold Tarling publicly warned that cladding high-rise
:08:24. > :08:25.buildings could end in disaster and now he fears he may
:08:26. > :08:28.have been proved right. It looks typical
:08:29. > :08:30.of a cladding-related fire on the exterior
:08:31. > :08:32.of the property. All the external cladding
:08:33. > :08:33.has completely gone. Which is what you would
:08:34. > :08:36.expect if you've got The principle of the design
:08:37. > :08:44.of the cladding is that it's there to allow rain to effectively
:08:45. > :08:48.get in and run down that cavity. The problem is that it will also
:08:49. > :08:50.allow fire to spread up and what will happen is it
:08:51. > :08:53.will actually create a path for the fire to spread and encourage
:08:54. > :08:56.the fire to spread faster A spokesperson for the contractors
:08:57. > :09:00.Rydon, who completed the refurbishment last year,
:09:01. > :09:05.said it met all required building control fire regulation and health
:09:06. > :09:14.and safety standards. The company Harley Facades Limited,
:09:15. > :09:18.which was also involved in the refurbishment, said it would not be
:09:19. > :09:21.appropriate to comment or others speculate on any aspect of the fire
:09:22. > :09:24.or its causes in advance of the At this time the company said
:09:25. > :09:28.it was not aware of any link between the fire and
:09:29. > :09:36.the exterior cladding. Anyone concerned about family or
:09:37. > :09:39.friends there is a special helpline that you can call to find out if
:09:40. > :09:50.there is any information. Let me give you that. The Metropolitan
:09:51. > :09:56.Police Casual Bureau the number is: 0800 0961, 233. The number is
:09:57. > :09:59.available on our Facebook and BBC web page. Everyone is, woing really
:10:00. > :10:02.hard to make things happen. I've never seen anything like what I'm
:10:03. > :10:06.seeing in West London tonight. People are working hard to come
:10:07. > :10:07.together, showing a really unified response to the tragedy that has
:10:08. > :10:10.happened. That's it for now from me, but let's
:10:11. > :10:18.find out what the weather's up In London we hit 27 degrees. The
:10:19. > :10:22.next couple of days will be fresher weather wise. Warm enough in the
:10:23. > :10:27.sunshine before temperatures start to sore up once again. 30 Celsius
:10:28. > :10:31.potentially Sunday. Tonight a very mild and muggy night. Temperatures
:10:32. > :10:36.in the centre town no lower than 17 or 18 degrees. Dry night with partly
:10:37. > :10:40.clear skies. Sunny start to Thursday with light wind around it will be
:10:41. > :10:44.warmest during the latter stages of the morning, around lunchtime. Cloud
:10:45. > :10:48.will push across threatening light showers. Most of the time will be
:10:49. > :10:53.dry. Temperatures may peak at 24, 25 degrees. Early afternoon before
:10:54. > :10:58.dropping off a little bit as fresher air pushes in and the westerly wind
:10:59. > :11:01.kicks in. Friday we will do it again as far as temperatures are concerned
:11:02. > :11:02.with bluer skies and lighter winds into the weekend. It will get
:11:03. > :11:04.hotter. into the weekend. It will get
:11:05. > :11:28.hotter. Ben has more Tomorrow, will be a different
:11:29. > :11:29.feeling day due to this cold front feeling day due to this cold front
:11:30. > :11:33.pushing in from the west and behind feeling day due to this cold front
:11:34. > :11:35.that we will see at least for a time a return to fresher conditions. The
:11:36. > :11:36.that we will see at least for a time front