THE LONDON HIGH RISE APARTMENT FIRE
WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR
* The Metropolitan Police has confirmed the number of fatalities as six but warned the total is expected to rise.
* NHS England said 74 people are being treated in six hospitals across the capital, of whom 20 are in critical care.
* Crews were first called to the scene in Latimer Road at 12.54am on Wednesday.
* The cause of the fire is not yet known.
* More than forty appliances containing more than 200 firefighters attended the scene, with a number receiving minor injuries.
* Grenfell Tower was built in 1974 and contains 120 flats thought to be home to between 400 and 600 people and is 24 storeys high.
* The building was refurbished recently at a cost of STG8.6 million ($A14.4 million), with work completed in May last year.
* London Mayor Sadiq Khan said the fire had been declared a "major incident" and there would be a "great many questions" asked over the coming days.
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