Terrifying images show Grenfell inferno tearing up the side of the tower

Heartbreaking footage shows the speed at which a kitchen fire quickly rose up the 25 floors of Grenfell Tower aided by flammable cladding.

The inquiry into the disaster was today shown a montage of videos filmed by witnesses which show the flames leaping up the building in less than 20 minutes.

The assembled footage showed how the spread of the blaze started with flames coming out of the window of flat 16, where the fire began.

But within minutes, the flammable window frames and polyethylene cladding meant the flames had risen to the top of the building, as devastated bystanders looked on helplessly.

In clips estimated to have been filmed between 1.16 and 1.20am, burning debris could be seen falling from the tower, and screaming could be heard.

'I told you, I told you get out,' one man could be heard shouting in a further clip.

Six clips showing the side of the tower as it became engulfed with flames were shown side by side.

'Oh my god,' one woman said as huge pieces of fiery debris rained down from the blazing tower.

Another could be heard sobbing as it became apparent the fire was out of control.

After the video was shown, chairman Sir Martin Moore-Bick said: 'It is truly shocking, every time you see it, it strikes you in a very similar way, very strongly.'

The hearing was also played the audio of the first 999 call made on the night, by the tenant of flat 16 - where the fire started - Behailu Kebede, at 12.54am.

In it he told the operator: 'Quick, quick, quick. It's burning.

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