A fire gutted the 24-storey Grenfell Tower, leaving (at the time of writing) 58 presumed dead, with the TOLL ONLY EXPECTED TO RISE, marring the end to a riveting Champions Trophy in England.
The Diary’s flat in North Kensington is barely half amile away from Grenfell Tower, which last week was struck by tragedy. A fire gutted the 24-storey building, leaving (at the time of writing) 58 presumed dead, with the toll only expected to rise. At supermarkets, coffee shops, pubs and bus stops, there is poster after poster, asking for information on those unaccounted for.
Children, couples, and families smile out of them: the grief of those bereaved cannot be fathomed. There is much sorrow and anger in the neighbourhood. Shaqeel Ahmed, who runs a kebab shop near Ladbroke Grove station is struggling to come to terms with the incident. “The building is still there, just behind me. I cannot look at it. I lost so many friends, so many people I knew. How could this happen?”
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