London Fire Missing: Desperate Search For Loved Ones After Grenfell Tower Blaze

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With the death toll certain to rise, families are issuing desperate pleas for information about their missing loved ones following the Grenfell Tower blaze.

So far 17 people have been confirmed as having lost their lives in the inferno, which began in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

A total of 74 patients are currently being treated in six London hospitals, 20 of which are in critical care.

London Fire Missing People

Unconfirmed appeals for the following missing persons are currently being circulated:

Marco Gottardi, 27

Gloria Trevisan, 27

Pamela Pizziolo has appealed for information about her cousin Marco and his girlfriend, who lived on the 23rd floor of the Grenfell Tower. She posted on Facebook: “I’m praying to God they make it out safely.”

Marco Gottardi and his girlfriend Gloria Trevisan
Marco Gottardi and his girlfriend Gloria Trevisan
Facebook/ Pamela Pizziolo

Omar Belkadi

Farah Hamden, 23

Leena Belkadi, 6 months

Farah Hamden, her husband Omar Belkadi and their six-month-old daughter Leena are reportedly missing. The couple’s daughters Tazmin, 6, and Malek, 8, are recovering in hospital after being rescued from close to the top of the tower.

Family relative Adel Chaoui told the Telegraph one of the children is a coma and the other is sedated.

Mohamednur Tuccu, 44

Eritrean Mohamednur ‘Mo’ Tuccu is missing along with his wife Amalahmedin and their three-year-old daughter. PR firm Red Consultancy tweeted that Tuccu, a colleague, had been visiting relatives on the 19th floor at Grenfell Tower when the fire occurred.

Mohamednur ‘Mo’ Tuccu
Mohamednur ‘Mo’ Tuccu
Red Consultancy

Mariem Elgwahry, 27

Mariem Elgwahry, 27, was on the 19th floor of the building and has been missing since news of the blaze broke. Her mother, Suhar, is also unaccounted for.

Mariem Elgwahry
Mariem Elgwahry
PA Wire/PA Images

Steven Power, 63

Hamid Kani, 61

Iranian Hamid Kani, 61, lived on the 15th floor of the tower block.

Saber Neda, 57

Neda’s family say he urged his wife Shakila, 45 and son Farhad, 24, to flee the blaze, but was unable to join them because he was injured.

He and his family lived in a top floor flat.

Saber Neda
Saber Neda
SWNS

Mohamed Neda

A hand-written sign has been placed on this gentleman’s car, explaining he lived on the 23rd floor and has not been seen since the blaze. It includes a phone number to call with any information about him.

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Maria Del Pilar Burton, 65

Maria Del Pilar Burton, 65, and her husband Nicholas were caught up in the blaze. Nicholas has regained consciousness and has appealed for help to trace his wife.

He is certain she got out of the building. Maria has Alzheimer’s.

Maria Del Pilar Burton
Maria Del Pilar Burton
Facebook

Noora Jamal

Hibo Yussuf told the Telegraph her friend Noora Jamal called one of her friends at around 2am and said: “Forgive me, the fire is here, I’m dying.”

Yussuf added: “We’ve heard that Nora’s daughter is in hospital but hasn’t been able to get hold of her mum. Now we don’t know where she is or if she’s dead or alive.”

Khadija Saye, 24

Adz Mendez appealed for information about her cousin and aunt Khadija Saye and Mary Mendy.

Saye’s friend Nicola Green told the Evening Standard she last heard from her at 3am when she was Facebook messaging because her phone would not work.

Khadija Saye
Khadija Saye
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She said: “She was saying she just can’t get out and ‘Please pray for me. There’s a fire in my council block. I can’t leave the flat. Please pray for me and my mum.”

Labour MP for Tottenham David Lammy also tweeted a picture of Saye, describing her as “our dear friend, a beautiful soul and emerging artist.”

Mary Mendy, 53

Mendy is Saye’s mother and is registered as having lived in on the 17th floor of the building for at least 20 years.

Mary Mendy
Mary Mendy
Facebook

Hesham Rahman, 57

Twitter user Noha posted a picture of her brother, adding he was living in a 20th floor flat. “He is still missing, please share,” she asked.

Twitter

Ali Yawar Jafari, 82

The pensioner has been confirmed as missing by his family. He lived on the 11th floor of the building.

Ali Yawar Jafari
Ali Yawar Jafari
Twitter

Zainab Dean

Jeremiah Dean, 2

Francis Dean, 47, said his sister Zainab told him by telephone she had been told to stay in her 14th floor flat with her two-year-old son Jeremiah by firefighters.

Francis told the Telegraph he had not heard from her since and that he fears the worst.

Sheila Smith, 84

Adam Smith tweeted that his mother Sheila, aged 84, who lived on the 16th floor is missing.

Husna and Hanif Begum

Jessie Urbano, 12

Ana Ospina tweeted: “My 12-year-old niece Jessie has become separated from her family in the #GrenfellTower fire please if you see her get in touch ASAP.”

Another Twitter user named Sandra who purports to be the girl’s other aunt, tweeted a picture of her, asking for her to be sent to the Harrow Centre “where the family are waiting for her.”

Jessica Urbano
Jessica Urbano
SWNS.com

Urbano’s sister Melanie says the family received a call at 4am from someone claiming to have seen the teenager being put into an ambulance, but have not been able to confirm this despite calls to all of London’s hospitals.

Raymond ‘Moses’ Bernard, 65

A family friend confirmed to the Press Association that Raymond Bernard, 65, known to his friends as Moses, is missing. He had lived in Grenfell Tower since at least 2003. A 53-year-old woman called Karen Bernard is also registered to the same apartment.

Dennis Murphy

Stevan Racz shared a picture of his uncle Dennis Murphy, saying he called his family saying he was trapped on the 14th floor during the blaze.

Nadia Choucair, 33

The teaching assistant was in a flat on an upper floor with her husband, and three daughters.

Nurhuda El-Wahabi, 15

Yasin El-Wahabi, 21

Mehdi El-Wahabi, 8

Abdul El-Wahabi, 52

Fouzia El-Wahabi, 42

Yasin El-Wahabi, his sister Nurhuda and their eight-year-old sibling Mehdi are missing along with their parents Abdul, 52 and Fouzia, 42, Otman Boujettif told the Evening Standard.

A family member told the newspaper: “We fear they have all been wiped out.”

It is believed the family lived on one of the upper floors of the tower.

Briti Habtom, 35 and her son Briuk, 12

Briti Habtom and her son Briuk
Briti Habtom and her son Briuk
HuffPost UK

Tony Disson, 66

Lee Disson has posted appeals on Facebook after losing touch with his father Tony, who lived in Grenfell Tower. Lee said he is “still praying.”

Tony Disson
Tony Disson
Facebook

Rania Ibrham, 30

The mother-of-two sent a message to a friend begging for help but neither she nor her children aged five and three have been seen since the blaze.

A Facebook Live video was posted on her account that revealed her fearfully venturing into the hallway and urging other residents to come into her apartment for safety. She can be heard murmuring frantic prayers throughout and is heard to say (in Arabic): “There’s fire and smoke from beneath and above. See all the smoke above us.”

Ibrham, whose position on her Facebook page is listed as executive director at a Saudi Arabian charity, can be heard uttering reassurances to her family but also asking how they are supposed to get out of the building.

Rania Ibrham posted a Facebook Live video which saw her trying to usher people into her apartment in Grenfell Tower during the fire
Rania Ibrham posted a Facebook Live video which saw her trying to usher people into her apartment in Grenfell Tower during the fire
Facebook/ Rania Ibrham

If you are concerned about anyone in Grenfell Tower, call the Met emergency line on: 0800 0961 233

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