Relatives have made a desperate plea to find 12-year-old schoolgirl Jessica Urbano, who lives on the 20th floor of the Grenfell Tower block .

The fire broke out just before 1am on Wednesday (June 14) , ripping through the 24-storey building which is home to approximately 500 residents in around 130 flats.

Six people have been confirmed dead in a devastating fire at Grenfell Tower block fire in North Kensington .

Jessica called her mother from a fire escape in the building but the family has not seen her since the fire took hold in the building, the Mirror reports .

The schoolgirl made calls at 1.29am and 1.39am but the family is still waiting to hear from her.

Jessica Urbano called her mother from a fire escape

Her aunt, Sandra Ruiz, said her family is "desperately worried".

Their appeal is among several others shared on Facebook and Twitter to find children and adults who are unaccounted for.

Sandra said: "We haven't heard from her. Somebody gave her a phone and she rang her mum at 1.29am and at 1.39am.

"She was with a group of people in the fire escape, in the fire stairs, they live on the 20th floor and my sister-in-law was just coming back from work, as was my older niece.

"Jessica called her to say this has happened and she was only a few minutes away.

"That's the last they've heard of her."

Sandra added: "She will be 13 next month so we're desperately worried.

"She would have been in her bed clothes and she will be very, very, very scared.

"We're just desperate to find her."

She said the call that Jessica made at 1.39am was cut short but her mum does not know why it ended.

Forty engines were called to the 27-storey block of flats at 12.54am on Wednesday
Forty engines were called to the block of flats at 12.54am on Wednesday

Sandra said: "My brother and my sister-in-law have been trying to speak to the authorities but obviously they are concerned with the immediate problem of getting people out.

"They are not giving much information."

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Sandra said Jessica was in the flat on her own but her dad, who has escaped, also lives in a flat a few floors down.

She said: "We have not heard anything at all which is desperately concerning really."

Others have been using the social media app Snapchat to share pictures of people who have gone missing.

An emergency hotline has been set up by the Met Police Casualty Bureau for families trying to find missing loved ones.

A missing person centre has also been set up nearby.

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