Kids’ agony over friends lost in blaze

A MUM has told how her 12-year-old girl and her friends are “inconsolable” over classmates missing after the blaze.

Fleur Arnold said daughter Mia fears she has lost three pals and one is in hospital.

Retail manager Fleur, 43, who lives near the tower and also has eight-year-old twins Ruby and Olive with husband Ben, said: “The kids are absolutely beside themselves.

“They have all lost people or know someone who has.”

One of the missing, 12-year-old Jessica Urbano, is in the year above Mia.

Their school, Kensington Aldridge Academy, has been shut since the fire and 180 students have been welcomed at nearby Burlington Danes Academy.

Fleur said: “It was an assembly to say, ‘We are here for you 100 per cent’.

“Mia and all her friends were inconsolable and completely distressed.

“The headmaster was crying. It was a hugely emotional hour.

“The teachers were telling them not to think too much about the people dying, that they’re still missing and we’re all doing our best to find them.

“They were trying to make the kids feel as safe as possible.

“Kids like Mia go through waves of feeling strong, then have time to think and go through moments of complete upset.”