Prime Minister Theresa May has ordered a full public inquiry into the fire that engulfed a west London block of flats, killing at least 17 people Wednesday.
Casualty figure is expected to rise, as Fire Chiefs seem not to be expecting any more survivors in the burnt-out Grenfell Tower in North Kensington.
The Prime Minister May said people "deserve answers" as to why the fire spread so rapidly.
As first victim has been named by the Syria Solidarity Campaign as Syrian refugee Mohammed Alhajali, 23, Six victims of the Grenfell Tower blaze have been provisionally identified, Metropolitan Police Commander Stuart Cundy said, but "there is a risk that sadly we may not be able to identify everybody".
In a statement, the Syria Solidarity Campaign said Mr. Alhajali, a civil engineering student, had been in a flat on the 14th floor when the fire broke out, and had spent two hours on the phone to a friend in Syria.
Asked about the number of dead, Commander Cundy said: expressed hope that it does not triple figures, but I can't be drawn on the numbers.
The group said: "Mohammed bid his friend goodbye, saying that the fire had reached him. He asked his friend to pass on the message to his family.
Earlier, Mrs May made a private visit to the scene, where she spoke to Fire Commissioner Dany Cotton and members of the emergency services.
She said: "[The emergency services] told me that the way this fire had spread and took hold of the building was rapid, it was ferocious, it was unexpected.
"So it is right that, in addition to the immediate fire report that will be produced and any potential police investigation, that we do have a full public inquiry to get to the bottom of this."
The Prime Minister May said people "deserve answers" as to why the fire spread so rapidly.
As first victim has been named by the Syria Solidarity Campaign as Syrian refugee Mohammed Alhajali, 23, Six victims of the Grenfell Tower blaze have been provisionally identified, Metropolitan Police Commander Stuart Cundy said, but "there is a risk that sadly we may not be able to identify everybody".
In a statement, the Syria Solidarity Campaign said Mr. Alhajali, a civil engineering student, had been in a flat on the 14th floor when the fire broke out, and had spent two hours on the phone to a friend in Syria.
Asked about the number of dead, Commander Cundy said: expressed hope that it does not triple figures, but I can't be drawn on the numbers.
The group said: "Mohammed bid his friend goodbye, saying that the fire had reached him. He asked his friend to pass on the message to his family.
Earlier, Mrs May made a private visit to the scene, where she spoke to Fire Commissioner Dany Cotton and members of the emergency services.
She said: "[The emergency services] told me that the way this fire had spread and took hold of the building was rapid, it was ferocious, it was unexpected.
"So it is right that, in addition to the immediate fire report that will be produced and any potential police investigation, that we do have a full public inquiry to get to the bottom of this."
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