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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 19 Jun 2017

    Five people who had been reported missing in #GrenfellTower fire have been found safe and well, police say http://bbc.in/2rGI6ZT pic.twitter.com/ptKaFrkFoy

    Grenfell Tower Block Fire
    London police commander says he is "so grateful" to have discovered five people reported missing in Grenfell Tower are found safe and well - BBC News
    2:50 AM - 19 Jun 2017
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      1. indrani dasgupta‏ @bubun25 19 Jun 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Where were they? And police too so long to figure out!??

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      2. martin stevens‏ @martinw32693026 19 Jun 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        But where were they ?

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      3. Stuart Brookes‏ @ztubert 19 Jun 2017
        Replying to @martinw32693026

        I am aware 2 young girls were located in hospital by a relative. Not certain on the others.

        0 replies 1 retweet 7 likes
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      1. Boots‏ @russellbt 19 Jun 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Some good news at last!

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      2. Labour Insider‏ @Labour_Insider 19 Jun 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking @marklobel

        How many in the tower? How many dead? How many alive and located? How many missing? That Police Officer NEVER tells us.

        6 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
      3. craig whitemore‏ @sceneoriginals 19 Jun 2017
        Replying to @Labour_Insider @BBCBreaking @marklobel

        They cant just guess

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      1. Dan W‏ @danstuffe 19 Jun 2017
        Replying to @newnewspage @BBCBreaking

        What?!

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      1.  😺Janet Wilcock 🐱‏ @JanetW1958 19 Jun 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking @gailvcotton

        That's good news. Awful for those still waiting to hear about their loved ones but it's going to take a while to search the tower safely.

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      1. ЩэѕБэz‏ @WesBez 19 Jun 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        Thank goodness. It's such a relief. The Anguish these families must have gone through.

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      2. Victor Meldrew  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿  🇬🇧‏ @keithtsmith 19 Jun 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Where have they been? Surely they must have known family-friends- police-local authority all been looking for them.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. Stuart Brookes‏ @ztubert 19 Jun 2017
        Replying to @keithtsmith

        In at least 2 of the cases, in hospital. 2 young girls. 1 in a coma, the other traumatised.

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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      2. Erica Stones‏ @EricaStones1 19 Jun 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        How the hell did a building pass a exception? With no fire exits from top to bottom and none of the fire alarms connected to each other HOW?

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
      3. Joanne Watson‏ @JoanneW72925593 19 Jun 2017
        Replying to @EricaStones1 @BBCBreaking

        I asked someone that - they said it was because the stairwell is a central core and doesnt collapse in fire.... erm.... smoke?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Erica Stones‏ @EricaStones1 19 Jun 2017
        Replying to @JoanneW72925593 @BBCBreaking

        Not right none of the other fire alarms went off in the building all because they weren't connected to each other lives were lost

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. WINLOSEORDRAWLOVEYOUCFC‏ @60sChick56 19 Jun 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking @Needles_1970

        Probably because they sub letted their flats ...

        3 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. Lisa E‏ @Needles_1970 19 Jun 2017
        Replying to @60sChick56 @BBCBreaking

        Glad they've been found. Good news for a change xx

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. RedCosmonaut‏ @RedCosmonaut 19 Jun 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Another Emergency Service Leader who shows humanity. "so grateful" are not words you hear from the average copper. Nice on Commander.

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