'FORGIVE ME EVERYONE, GOODBYE'
Harrowing final Snapchat message of mother stuck in Grenfell Tower fire to pal who reveals she has not been seen since
A MUM of two sent a harrowing video message to her best friend who cried "forgive me everyone, goodbye" while trapped inside the burning building on the 23rd floor, a heartbroken woman has revealed.
The terrified 30-year-old, who hasn't been seen since Grenfell Tower went up in flames, spoke in Arabic during a final Snapchat at 2.54am this morning to friends.
Speaking to Good Morning Britain, the distraught woman, named only as Yaz, struggled to speak as she described watching her best friend, named as Rania Ibraham by the ITV show, cry as she prayed in Arabic on a video message.
She said: "You can see she is trapped. She is praying and saying 'forgive me everyone, goodbye'."
The missing tower block resident is mum to a five-year-old and three-year-old girls, Yaz said.
Another helpless resident apparently sent a Snapchat trapped inside their home, telling friends: "Guys I can't get out".
Six people have been confirmed dead in the huge inferno at the 24-storey Grenfell Tower.
Harrowing video footage shows desperate residents tie bedsheets together to make rope as they made frantic attempts to get out of the building.
Many were seen jumping from upper floor windows in horror scenes "reminiscent of 9/11".
Some called loved ones as they remained trapped inside the burning tower block, while others posted on social media about their horrifying experience.
One resident, who appeared to be inside Grenfell Tower, said: "Guys my block's on fire".
Another frantically re-posted the message from a resident "guys I can't get out", adding "Soo mad omg".
Stood gazing up in horror at the blaze, one lucky resident told followers: "I'm safe guys, please don't worry".
What we know so far:
- The Metropolitan Police have confirmed 12 people are dead but the death toll is expected to rise after a huge fire engulfed Grenfell Tower in West London just before 1am on Wednesday night
- The 24-storey high tower block has 120 apartments
- Around 74 people have been taken to six hospitals in the capital, with 18 in a critical condition, while dozens of others are missing and feared dead
- The Prime Minister launched an urgent investigation into the disaster
- Authorities say the cause of the fire is still not known — with some suggesting it was sparked by a fridge fire
- Experts warned the blaze was spread by cladding panels which are fitted to countless buildings across Britain
- Residents were seen jumping from upper floors in scenes reminiscent of September 11
- Horrified witnesses told of babies being thrown from windows by desperate mothers
- It was revealed the block had only recently undergone a £10million refurb but still had no sprinkler system installed
- Designers insisted the refurbishment work complied with building regulations
- Residents raised safety concerns four years ago, but were ignored
- A former housing minister was blasted for postponing a government review into tower block safety
- Celebrities and ordinary Londoners have united to provide food, clothes, money and shelter for survivors
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There are 120 homes in the flat and the leader of the local council said "several hundred" would have been in the tower block when the blaze broke out.
So far the London Ambulance service has confirmed 50 people have been taken to hospitals across the capital, but there are still "a significant number of people" unaccounted for.
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