Video shows firefighters’ horror as they near Grenfell Tower fire

Footage has emerged of the moment firefighters expressed their horror as they were struck by the scale of the Grenfell Tower blaze.

In the video, which appears to have been shot on a phone in the cab of a fire engine, a crew member can be heard asking "how the f*** are we gonna get in that" as the tower comes into view.

Another firefighter exclaims "f*** there’s kids in there", before a colleague asks: "Is it one that’s being built or is it an active one?"

As it becomes apparent that the whole block is ablaze, one says: "How’s that possible?"

Another crew member answers: "It’s jumped up all the way along the flats."

It comes after Met Police released footage of the "indescribable" damage inside the tower.

The Grenfell Tower blaze killed at least 79 people, while 14 people are still being treated in London hospitals.

Eight of those are in critical care, NHS England said.

Medics treating those affected by the blaze have also revealed how some patients are being kept deliberately unconscious to help them recover.

Duncan Bew, clinical director of the major trauma centre at King’s College Hospital, said some patients had clung to banisters and felt their way down 20 flights of stairs to escape the fire.

"It may take weeks and months for some patients to recover physically. In terms of psychological impact, it may take longer," he said.

On Monday night, hundreds of those affected by the fire marched to the tower demanding "justice" for the victims.

The Government has pledged a £5m aid package for residents, including £500 in cash and £5,000 as a bank account payment for each household.

More than £200,000 has been paid out to 180 families, while 126 hotel places have been allocated to those left homeless.

Despite this, Kensington MP Emma Dent Coad claimed many were seen "sleeping in cars and in parks because they don’t know where to go and they aren’t being looked after".

She said: "Secondly they need to be re-housed permanently and thirdly they need a long-term care package… people who’ll always be there for them."

Some 250 police officers are investigating the blaze and a major refurbishment of the tower which was completed last year.

Met Police named the fifth victim as 52-year-old Khadija Khalloufi, but the force’s commander Stuart Cundy said others may never be identified.

He said: "We have been from the top to the bottom of Grenfell Tower.

"The search operation will be painstaking and having been in there myself it’s really hard to describe the devastation that the fire has caused."

He added: "It’s hard to describe my feelings, because I cannot imagine, and I would not want to put myself in the position of those families who have lost their loved ones.

"But being with colleagues from the London Fire Brigade when I was in there, colleagues from the London Ambulance Service and other police officers, I think it’s fair to say it is incredibly emotional working in there."

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