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REPORT: Whereabouts of a Lebanese family unknown after London fire

Rita Khoury

Author: Rita Khoury

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15-06-2017 | 03:43

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REPORT: Whereabouts of a Lebanese family unknown after London fire

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A Lebanese family formed of the husband Bassam Taan Choucair, the wife Nadia Choucair and their three daughters, Mirna, Fatma and Zeinab, as well as Nadia's mother, Saria Choucair are lost during a catastrophic fire that destroyed a London tower block on Wednesday.

The Choucair family which hails from the Bekaa twon of Nahle resides in the 22nd floor of the building and the whereabouts of its members are still unknown.

This as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it is following up on the issue, while the Lebanese embassy in the UK said that the UK authorities do not have any lists of the missing people yet.

The death toll in a fire disaster that destroyed a block of flats in London was expected to rise on Thursday, with many people still missing and firefighters facing hazardous conditions as they searched the charred carcass.

Smoke was still wafting out of the shell of the Grenfell Tower on Thursday morning, 30 hours after fire engulfed the building in the early hours of Wednesday and turned it into a huge flaming torch in a matter of minutes.

Authorities have confirmed 12 deaths, but have said that figure would rise. Firefighters rescued 65 people from the building.

Emergency services said it was too early to say what had caused the disaster. Some residents said no alarm had sounded. Others said they had warned repeatedly about fire safety in the block.

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