Massive fire engulfs London's Mandarin Oriental hotel, over 100 firefighters rushed
A massive blaze has engulfed the 12-storey Mandarin Oriental Hotel in London`s Knightsbridge area. Fifteen fire tenders and nearly 100 firefighters had rushed to the scene, the authorities said on Wednesday.
Jun 06, 2018, 21:57 PM IST
After tower inferno, UK plans to create victims' advocate role
The British government plans to introduce a public advocate who will act for bereaved families after any disaster, it announced on Wednesday, a week after a catastrophic fire killed 79 people at a social housing tower block in London.
Jun 21, 2017, 16:53 PM IST
London fire: 58 missing people from Grenfell Tower presumed dead, police say toll likely to rise
The Police has announced that the fifty-eight people who are still missing after the Grenfell Tower fire, are being presumed dead.
Jun 18, 2017, 09:47 AM IST
London fire blaze likely killed at least 58 people: Police
Prime Minister Theresa May`s government earlier sought to quell anger over the fire, pledging to support the victims of the blaze after protesters jeered her when she visited local residents.
Chanting 'we want justice', protesters storm town hall after deadly London fire
The protesters barged their way through an automatic door at Kensington and Chelsea council town hall and sought to gain entry to an upper floor. Police barred their way and scuffles broke out.
Jun 16, 2017, 22:40 PM IST
Faced with mounting criticism, British PM Theresa May visits London fire victims
British Prime Minister Theresa May visited the injured in hospital on Friday as the death toll rose to 30.
Jun 16, 2017, 20:57 PM IST
London fire victims ''may never be identified''
Six victims had been provisionally identified. Metropolitan Police Commander Stuart Cundy said there was a "risk" that investigators would "not be able to identify everybody".
London fire: British PM Theresa May orders inquiry as toll reaches 17
The death toll in the devastating fire that engulfed the 24-storey residential block in London rose to 17 on Thursday.
Jun 15, 2017, 20:08 PM IST
London apartment building blaze death toll rises to 17, more victims expected: Police
Seventeen people have been confirmed dead in the fire that engulfed a London tower block on Wednesday, emergency services said, with many people still missing and firefighters facing hazardous conditions as they searched the charred wreck.
Jun 15, 2017, 16:39 PM IST
Singing songs, romancing or fighting in films is no heroism: Rishi Kapoor
Bollywood veteran Rishi Kapoor on Wednesday took to Twitter to talk about the recent London's Grenfell Tower disaster. The 64-year-old actor lauded the firefighters, police, and medics by calling them the real heroes.
Jun 15, 2017, 14:32 PM IST
Fire engulfs London tower block, at least 12 dead, dozens injured
A blaze engulfed a 24-storey housing block in central London on Wednesday killing at least 12 people.
Jun 14, 2017, 23:22 PM IST
Rain-screen cladding may have made London fire worse: Reports
Rain-screen cladding is a double-wall construction that makes use of a surface to keep the rain out.
Jun 14, 2017, 21:17 PM IST
London fire: baby dropped from 10th floor caught by man on ground
A quick-thinking man caught a baby thrown from the "ninth or the tenth floor" window of a building by a desperate woman after a huge fire engulfed the 24-storey residential tower block here.
Jun 14, 2017, 18:24 PM IST
London fire: Eyewitnesses describe scenes of horror at Grenfell Tower blaze
Huge fire broke out in a 27-floor block of flats in west London in the early hours today.
Jun 14, 2017, 17:09 PM IST
Fire engulfs London tower block; at least six dead, more than 70 injured
Flames raced through the high-rise Grenfell Tower block of apartments in the north Kensington area after taking hold around 1 am.
Jun 14, 2017, 16:17 PM IST
London fire: Grenfell Tower goes up in flames; many trapped in homes
Huge fire broke out in a 27-floor block of flats in west London in the early hours today.
Jun 14, 2017, 11:32 AM IST
