Entrance to Grenfell Tower after disaster. Image: Met Police

The Met Police have announced that the death toll in the Grenfell Tower fire disaster has now reached 79.

That’s the number of people identified, confirmed dead, or missing presumed dead.

Five people thought to be missing had come forward.

Commander Stuart Cundy said:

It’s really hard to describe the devastation that the fire has caused.

I’ve seen some terrible things. I don’t think anything prepared me for what I saw when I was in there.

Commander Cundy said sadly some families had lost more than one family member in the disaster.

The Met Police said they are very grateful to Grenfell Tower residents who gave permission for the release of images showing the scene of devastation of their flats inside the building.

79 people presumed dead in #GrenfellTower fire, police confirm; five have been formally identified https://t.co/t2ylhTjmQA pic.twitter.com/hFtJVhRbjq

— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) June 19, 2017

A minute’s silence was held throughout the United Kingdom at 11 a.m. this morning.

Minute’s silence held across UK for the 79 people either dead or missing, presumed dead, after #GrenfellTower fire https://t.co/nhiDxq5BAW pic.twitter.com/GezZO2bKZ0

— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) June 19, 2017

Minute’s silence to be held across UK at 11:00 BST for the 79 people presumed to have died in #GrenfellTower fire https://t.co/fA1h1FCNiC pic.twitter.com/kD3772RCGf

— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) June 19, 2017

Five people who had been reported missing in #GrenfellTower fire have been found safe and well, police say https://t.co/Sz7ftM6mP3 pic.twitter.com/ptKaFrkFoy

— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) June 19, 2017

Footage emerges of firefighters on their way to the #GrenfellTower firehttps://t.co/j8iPZ38dY1 pic.twitter.com/y5ZMXUD0WS

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) June 19, 2017