Two Australians have been named among more than 70 people who lost their lives in last year’s Grenfell Tower tragedy.

The Australian reports Victoria King, 71, and her daughter Alexandra Atala, 40, died in the London inferno on June 14 of last year, alongside 69 others.

The mother and daughter were identified in November last year after their remains were found in their apartment on the 20 th floor.

The pair are the last two victims to be identified in the tragedy, with the Department of Foreign Affairs only providing confirmation this week.

Victoria King was among 71 people killed in the London fire. (UK police/AAP) (UK police and aap)

“The department of Foreign Affairs and Trade can confirm that two Australian citizens died in the Grenfell Tower fire in June 2017,” a DFAT spokesman told The Australian.

Ms King and Ms Atala were long-term residents of the London tower and, according to a family statement issued after the tragedy, were “devoted to one another”.

“They died at each other’s side and now they can rest together in peace. We will remember them always,” SBS quoted the family’s statement as saying.

The tower was home to a tight-knit, multi-ethnic community in a deprived social housing estate within the wealthy Kensington and Chelsea borough that is also home to large numbers of millionaires.

The final toll of 71 included adults and children who died in the tower during the fire, and one baby who was stillborn shortly after the heavily pregnant mother escaped from the 21st floor, suffering severe smoke inhalation on her way down. The mother survived.

The intensity of the fire forced residents to flee through black smoke down the single stairwell, jump out of windows or even drop their children to safety.

UK police said the deadly blaze started in a faulty fridge freezer.

Witnesses at the scene of the 24-storey blaze described hearing one resident claiming it was his appliance which was responsible.

Metropolitan Detective Superintendent Fiona McCormack said the Hotpoint fridge freezer model had not been subject to a product recall. She added that with cladding and insulation on the block had also failed safety tests .

The cladding on the 24-storey London tower block has been widely blamed for the quick spread of the flames in the 120-apartment building.

The cladding was installed for beautification and insulation despite warnings from local residents about fire safety as part of a major refurbishment of Grenfell Tower that was completed in 2016.