"Us members of the public were reassuring them, telling them we’ve done what we can and that we’ve phoned 999, but obviously the look on their face was death.
"The more I looked up, floor upon floor. Endless numbers of people.
"I could hear them screaming for their lives," Samira said.
"The kids, because obviously their voices, with their high pitched voices - that will remain with me for a long time."
Another resident, called Zara, said she saw a woman throw her son, who was about five from a fifth or sixth-floor window to escape the blaze.
She told LBC radio, "One woman actually threw her son out of the window. I think he’s OK.
"I think he might have just had some broken bones and bruises.
"It was like a scene from a Hollywood movie," she said.
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