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London fire – Mum who broadcast inferno hell live from 24th floor of Grenfell Tower is still missing along with her two young kids
THE mum who shot a chilling Facebook Live whilst trapped on the 24th floor of a blazing inferno is still missing, along with her two young kids.
Rania Ibrham, 30, could be heard begging for help as her frantic neighbours try to flee through smoke-filled corridors.
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Her pal Suhair Sharif, 55, told the website: "Rania lived with her husband and children on the 24th floor.
"Her husband was in Egypt but he flew back as soon as he heard the news.
"Rania made it down to the floor below to my other friend's flat, but Rania, her two children and my friends on the 23rd floor are all still missing."
The harrowing Facebook Live footage shows the woman inside her home as residents bang on doors to avoid being burnt alive.
Speaking to another woman, Rania, is told not to open the front door as it will "let the smoke in".
The woman then says: "You have your children, standing near the door, the smoke is not going to help you".
Rania then pulls the front door open to a corridor plunged into darkness as her neighbours run through the smoke.
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She shouts out "hello, come here, come here" as she cries to someone inside her home that the "people need to be let in".
Shocking footage shows the woman, who is believed to be praying, on her balcony as screams can be heard in the background during the horror.
Another woman screams "we're stuck on the 23rd floor...there's too many people stuck upstairs" as the fire ravages the 24-storey building.
Sirens ring out as Rania speaks in Arabic with a shaking voice, her camera trained onto the ground 23 floors below her.
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The chilling footage - viewed more than 1,000 times - was posted by Rania Ibrham 12 hours ago as the flames tore through the tower block.
The mum-of-two is also believed to have sent out a harrowing video message to her best friend while trapped inside the burning building.
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.
Her friend Yaz told Good Morning Britain: "You can see she is trapped. She is praying and saying ‘forgive me everyone, goodbye’.”
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The missing tower block resident is mum to a five-year-old and three-year-old girls, Yaz said.
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”.
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.
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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