Police: 12 dead, at least 74 injured in London high-rise blaze

Author: Ed Flosi By Gregory Katz and Danica Kirka Associated Press LONDON — With smoke still swirling around the charred remains of Grenfell Tower in west London, residents and community leaders demanded to know Wednesday how a ferocious fire could have swept through the high-rise apartment block with such speed that it killed at least 12 people. The anger was particularly strong since activists had warned just seven months ago that fire safety procedures were so lax that only a...