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6 Killed in London High-Rise Fire

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LONDON (July 3) - Six people, including a 3-week-old baby, were killed and 30 people had to be rescued when fire ripped through a high-rise apartment building in London on Friday, emergency services said.
London Fire Brigade said the dead were three adults and three children, who included a 3-week old baby and a 7-year-old.
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London high-rise fire
Sang Tan, AP

People gather on a street to look at a fire-ravaged building where six people died. A 3-week-old baby was among the victims.

The brigade said 18 fire engines and more than 100 firefighters were called to the blaze in the Camberwell area of south London at around 4:20 p.m.
The fire started on the fourth floor and spread quickly to seven floors of the 12-story building, part of a large 1960s public-housing project.
"It was shocking to see the quantities of smoke and flames," said Sarah Gresty, who lives nearby.
The brigade said 30 residents had been rescued from the building "in extremely difficult circumstances."
The London Ambulance Service said 16 people had been taken to local hospitals, most suffering from smoke inhalation.
Four hours after it began, the fire brigade said the blaze was under control and investigators were on the scene to determine its cause.
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thats an awful tragedy.. high trise buildings are death traps and scarey,, hard to get to the people on time my prayers go out to all who lost their loved ones,, may god bless everybody who was involved ...

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exchf5200 the building was from the 1960 no sprinkler no smoke alarms all of those buildings need to be torn down and replaced with something better

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Smoke Detectors????? Sprinkler Systems??? Fire Alarms??? Never mentions any of these. What a tragic loss of life in today's society.

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I am so very sorry for the baby and the 7yr old but there were 4 others too that weren't even mentioned.They lost thier lives also.I'm sorry for ALL of them.That's a horrible way to die.I lost 3 cousins who were all children in a house fire years ago because sight seers blocked the way to the house so emergency vehicles could not get to them.The parents were severly injured trying to save these three kids.They had already saved thier other kids and went back in for the 5,6 and 9 yr olds

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Six people, including a 3-week-old baby, were killed and 30 people had to be rescued when fire ripped through a high-rise apartment building in London on Friday, emergency services said.