58 Presumed Dead in London Tower Blaze, Police Say
Stuart Cundy, who said the toll was still expected to rise, came as Queen Elizabeth II said the country was trapped in a "somber national mood." "It is difficult to escape a very somber national mood," the queen said in a statement to mark her official birthday — an occasion
that typically does not result in any public comments from the monarch.
"In recent months, the country has witnessed a succession of terrible tragedies." Demonstrators heckled Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain on Friday and stormed the local council
that owns Grenfell Tower, which was incinerated in a deadly fire on Wednesday.
Displaced residents of the tower and other protesters shouted, "Coward!" at Mrs. May on Friday, shortly after she
announced a fund of about $6.5 million for emergency supplies, food, clothes and other costs for the victims.
The fire at the 24-story public housing project broke out early Wednesday morning,
and it has mushroomed into a political crisis, testing the fragile government of Prime Minister Theresa May.
By PRASHANT S. RAOJUNE 17, 2017
The London police said on Saturday that the death toll from the inferno at the Grenfell Tower in west London had risen to 58.