The number of people believed to have died in the Grenfell Tower remains at around 80, police have said.
An update on the tragedy by Scotland Yard on Monday (July 10) afternoon revealed 255 people survived the blaze.
A total of 32 victims have now been identified formally identified by the coroner, and 55 post mortem examinations have taken place, it was announced.
Commander Stuart Cundy spoke about the scope of the criminal investigation, saying charges of manslaughter and corporate manslaughter would be considered.
The Met has concluded there should have been 350 people inside Grenfell Tower when the blaze broke out, but 14 were not at home, and 255 successfully fled the high rise.
That leaves 81 unaccounted for, tying in with the Met Police’s earlier estimate that "around 80" people perished in the flames , despite many believing the figure to be much higher .
Tenants illegally subletting their properties had been asked to come forward to allow emergency services to establish the true death toll from the blaze.
The government has said no one from the block would face charges for illegally renting out their flats.
It is feared the scale of the tragedy has not been captured by official figures due to many residents living in the building off the books.
The Home Office has already said it would not conduct immigration checks on survivors and those coming forward to with information.
Last week, police said all known body parts had been removed from the burnt-out building, with "87 recoveries made" .
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Expert anthropologists are assisting specialist officers with a hand search, which will involve examining about 15.5 tonnes of debris on each floor to find the remains of people still within Grenfell Tower.
Speaking of the scope of the criminal investigation, detectives said they were looking at all aspects of the fire including, but not exclusive to, the cladding, fire exits and the stay put advice residents had been given.
Commander Cundy said: “We have identified over 60 companies and organisations that have had some involvement in either the construction, management or refurbishment of Grenfell Tower.”
He added that extensive amounts of evidence had already been gathered, including four terabytes of data from one company, and 20 terabytes of CCTV footage - the equivalent of two million boxes of A4 paper and 5,000 feature length films, respectively.
Mr Cundy explained the investigation would look at all kinds of potential offences, ranging from the most serious - manslaughter and corporate manslaughter, right the way down to more low level crimes.
He said: “We believe that around 80 people lost their lives as a result of the fire, that quite frankly, should not have happened
“You can’t listen to the families and to the 999 calls and not want to hold people to account for a fire that should not have happened.”
According to investigating officers, the Grenfell Tower investigation is the biggest the Metropolitan Police has conducted outside of counter-terrorism operations.
Officers have already warned it may not be possible to identify all victims .
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