London Fire: Baby thrown from ninth floor, saved by man


Pedestrians look up towards Grenfell Tower, a residential block of flats in west London on June 14, 2017, as firefighters continue to control a fire that engulfed the building in the early hours of the morning. - AFP/Adrian DENNIS

LONDON: One woman lost two of her six children when trying to escape a burning London tower block early on Wednesday morning while others tried to throw their children to safety, witnesses said.

One baby miraculously survived after being thrown from the ninth floor.

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