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Thursday, June 15, 2017 5:21am ET by  

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Adele attends Grenfell Tower fire vigil to comfort victims

Adele went to the scene of the Grenfell Tower fire yesterday evening (June 14) to comfort those affected by the tragedy.

Adele is originally from Tottenham in North London, which is 14 miles away from Latimer Road area where the fire took place.

According to Twitter reports, the star 'hugged and comforted' victims.

One tweet said: 'i'm so proud stanning a humble & genuine human being like you. i love you so much, queen ❤️ @Adele... Adele was going around and hugging everyone she could to comfort them... [sic]'

Twelve people are known dead from the blaze which is thought to have started from a faulty fridge and engulfed the building due to a refurbishement of the outside which involved flammable cladding. Cladding that is known to have caused a similar fire in Dubai.

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