Anthu 12 atsimikizika kuti afa pamoto waukulu womwe udawononga nsanja ya Grenfell kumadzulo kwa London usiku.
Moto waukulu, zinyalala zakugwa, ndipo anthu akuti akadatsekeredwa mkati - zithunzi zowopsa za chiwombankhanga chomwe chili pamalo akulu ku West London zawonekera pa intaneti.
“Motowo unayamba kuchitika pansanjika yachitatu. Tinayitana ozimitsa moto. Iwo anabwera patapita mphindi 20. Ndiyeno chinthu chonsecho chinangoti mbwee. Patatha ola limodzi ndi theka ndinaona mwana wa 22 akuyaka moto. Anapita pawindo ndikudumpha, "adatero Greg Stevens, wothawa.
Wothawa wina, a Daniel Williams, adalongosola momwe ozimitsa moto adalimbana ndi motowo.
“Iwo atsika, ndipo anayesa kuzimitsa motowo koma sanaufikire… Moto utakwera, ndiye anaganiza zogwiritsa ntchito makwerero. Koma ngakhale zili choncho, motowo wangoyaka. Ndipo tsopano theka la nyumbayo latha,” iye
anati.
Osachepera injini zozimitsa moto za 45 ndi ozimitsa moto opitilira 200 ndi maofesala atumizidwa pamalopo, London Fire Brigade idatero.
"Ozimitsa moto ovala zida zopumira akugwira ntchito molimbika kwambiri m'malo ovuta kwambiri kuthana ndi motowu. Ichi ndi chochitika chachikulu komanso chovuta kwambiri ndipo tagwiritsa ntchito zida zambiri komanso zida zaukadaulo, "A Assistant Commissioner Dan Daly adatero.
M’mawu ake, mkulu wa apolisi a ku Metropolitan Stuart Cundy anati: “Ndikhoza kutsimikizira kuti anthu 6 afa pakali pano, koma chiŵerengerochi chiyenera kukwera panthaŵi yomwe idzakhala ntchito yovuta yochira kwa masiku angapo. Ena ambiri akulandira chithandizo chamankhwala.”
“Ngati muli ndi zokhuza aliyense amene wakhudzidwa ndi ngoziyi, chonde imbani foni ku Casualty Bureau pa 0800 0961 233. Ngati simukutha msanga, chonde yesaninso. Ngati muli ndi nkhawa, chonde gwiritsani ntchito nambalayi m'malo moimba 999 kapena 101."
"Mofanananso ngati mwanenapo kuti wina wasowa ndipo tsopano ali otetezeka ndipo ndikofunikira kuti mulumikizane ndi Casualty Bureau kuti tisunge mbiri yolondola ya yemwe akusowa komanso yemwe ali otetezeka," adatero Cundy.
Mpaka pano a London Fire Brigade anena kuti sangatsimikizire manambala ovulala koma ogwira nawo ntchito akupitiliza kufufuza nyumbayo.
“Tikupempha aliyense amene amakhala pamalopo kuti adzidziwitse pamalopo kuti tidziwe kuti ali otetezeka.
“Ngati simungathe kufika pamalopo chonde lankhulani ndi wapolisi. Izi ndizofunikira kwambiri chifukwa timawerengera onse omwe ali mnyumbayi.
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- An hour and a half later I saw a kid on the 22nd floor on fire.
- “Equally if you have reported someone missing and they are now safe and well it is really important that you contact Casualty Bureau so that we can keep an accurate record of who is missing and who is safe,”.
- “They've come down, and they've tried to put the fire out but they weren't reaching it… As the fire got higher, then they decided to use the ladders.
