This is the Ethiopian taxi driver whose faulty fridge is alleged to have
started the Grenfell Tower
inferno. Behailu Kebede, a father of one,
pictured centre, raised the alarm after flames took hold in his flat at
number 16 on the fourth floor. Maryann Adam, 41, who lived at number 14,
told how Mr Kebede, known as 'Billy', banged on her front door in the
early hours of Wednesday to tell her that there was a fire in his
kitchen. She said: 'He knocked on the door, and he said there was a fire
in his flat. It was exactly 12.50am because I was sleeping and it woke
me up. The fire was small in the kitchen. I could see it because the
flat door was open. There was no alarm.' The blaze turned into a raging
inferno leaving 17 dead and dozens more missing amid serious questions
about how the fire could escalate so quickly.
These are the first pictures to emerge showing the complete devastation
left behind by the inferno (inset) that killed at least 17 people inside
a London tower block.Firefighters still working to completely
extinguish the smouldering block of flats more than 24 hours after the
blaze started are now combing for residents, and a picture of the extent
of the damage is now beginning to emerge. Harrowing photographs showing
blown out windows, melted kitchen tables, fridges (left) and washing
machines stopped mid-load (right) were taken this morning in West London
capturing how residents abandoned their homes in horror to reach
safety.
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