Behailu Kebede, 41, has been said to be devastated by the fire which started in his home

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Father-of-one Behailu Kebede has been praised for saving the lives of his neighbours as he reportedly rushed to their doors when the blaze broke out in his flat.

The cabbie, 44, who is now staying with friends has spoken of his trauma after the horror event which killed men, women and children.

A friend of the dad said to the Sun: “He is haunted by what happened. He’s just thankful he managed to alert his neighbours.

"He told me he saw smoke and straight away started knocking on the doors of his neighbours.”

Another friend told The Sun: “He has lived there for years and can’t cope because he knows so many of the dead and missing.

“He kept repeating over and over again, ‘People have lost their lives, I can’t bear it’.

“He’ll be blaming himself even though there was nothing he could do — and he had no way of knowing the block was a death trap.”

Ethiopian Mr Kebede lived alone in a one-bed flat in the west London tower, it is reported.