Campaigners for victims of the Grenfell Tower fire have begun work on their own investigation of those presumed dead as frustration at the lack of official figures turns to anger.

Almost two weeks on from the west London disaster, many in the community are furious that the Metropolitan police has refused to give even a ballpark estimate for the number still unaccounted for.

The Met says previously said at least 79 people are dead or missing but Grenfell campaigners believe the number is much higher. The Met themselves also acknowledge this figure is likely to grow.

The Justice 4 Grenfell group, set up in the wake of the disaster, has set up its own database to confirm the numbers likely to have died that night.

Ishmahil Blagrove, one of the group’s coordinators, told BuzzFeed News: “We’re trying to mobilise the members of the families with people missing. We can’t expect the authorities to do it for us.”

“Just so we can get a more accurate figure we are collecting our own information, which might give us a more accurate figure," he added. "We’re building a database.”

Speaking about the likelihood that the number killed in the disaster is higher than the police figures, Blagrove said: “It was Ramadan, there were people together. That figure of 79 we’re not content with.”