Lies about the reaction of the emergency services to the devastating Grenfell Tower blaze in London are being shared on social media.

People have been retweeting messages complaining about the length of time it took firefighters to start tackling the blaze in North Kensington - and they couldn't be more wrong.

Parents were resorting to throwing their babies and children from windows in the hope of saving their lives as the intense heat raged through their homes in 24-storey Grenfell Tower , the Mirror reports .

The capital's emergency services responded, as usual, quickly and professionally. Hundreds of firefighters, paramedics, triage medics and nurses ran towards danger to try to save lives.

But false information is being shared on social media about the length of time firefighters took to respond.

At 4.12am one person wrote on Twitter: "WHERE ARE THE FIREFIGHTERS? THAT THE F*** IS TAKING SO LONG!? Fire getting out of control, people still trapped in Grenfell Tower, Latimer Road."

She then added: "One woman said it took them 2 hours to arrive when their station is 2 block away."

The woman who shared the false information on Twitter appears to be Palestinian and Canadian and might not even live in London.

Another wrote: "The firefighters were about 1 hour and 45 minutes too late."

It's not clear whether people have read information somewhere online and misunderstood it or they are sharing lies in order to discredit the emergency services.

This is the truth

The first responders from London Fire Brigade arrived at Grenfell Tower within six minutes.

London Fire Commissioner Dany Cotton held a press conference in which she confirmed there had been fatalities.

She said that the first 999 call was received at 12.54am and firefighters were on the scene within six minutes to begin extinguishing the blaze.

Two hundred firefighters have been battling the flames at the tower, taking it in turns to rest.

In an interview with CNN, a nurse who lives nearby - and who rushed towards the scene to save victims - told how firefighters were stumbling out of the building injured despite wearing protective gear.

The death toll from the devastating tower block fire in west London is expected to rise as investigators trawl through the wreckage in the search for other victims.

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This morning flames could still be seen burning more than a day on from the disaster.

More than £1 million has been raised to help those affected as fire tore through the 24-storey building while volunteers and charities helped with feed and shelter people who could not return to their homes overnight.

A wall of condolence was put up near the scene with photographs showing dozens of messages left for loved ones.

Prime Minister Theresa May has promised a "proper investigation" after the building went up in flames early on Wednesday morning amid growing concerns about how the fire could have spread so rapidly.

Speaking in Downing Street, Mrs May said: "When it's possible to identify the cause of this fire, then of course there will be proper investigation and if there are any lessons to be learnt they will be, and action will be taken."

Residents' groups have claimed they voiced concerns about the safety of the building, which had been recently refurbished.

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