Grenfell Tower fire

When

14 Jun 2017

Kind

Fire

Coordinates

51.51° N, 0.22° W

Description

2017 fire in West London

Deaths

72

Injured

74

Cause

refrigerator

2017 fatal fire in West London

On 14 June 2017, a high-rise fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in North Kensington, West London, England, at 00:54 BST and burned for 60 hours. A total of 70 people died at the scene and two other people died later in hospital, with more than 70 injured and 223 escaping.

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• Wikidata: famines, epidemics and firesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Grenfell Tower Fire in West London claims the lives of 72 residents, making it the worst UK residential fire since World War II.”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в результате пожара в здании Grenfell Tower в Лондоне погибли и пропали без вести 79 человек”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Se incendia la torre Grenfell en Londres, causando 79 muertos y 74 heridos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “英國倫敦一幢住有400至600名居民的24層高公共房屋在凌晨時份發生沖天大火，由低層一直燒通頂，導致70屍71命（包括一名腹中胎兒），另有74人受傷，當中9人危殆。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page