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The Latest: London mayor at church near London fire tragedy

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and his wife Saadiya Khan arrive for a service at St Clements Church, near to Grenfell Tower in west London, Sunday, June 18, 2017. The British government Sunday scrambled to contain political fallout from the London high-rise inferno that has claimed at least 50 lives. The cause of Wednesday's blaze is still under investigation, but anger has mounted in the community amid reports that exterior paneling used in an extensive renovation completed last year may have spread the flames. (John Stillwell/PA via AP)
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and his wife Saadiya Khan arrive for a service at St Clements Church, near to Grenfell Tower in west London, Sunday, June 18, 2017. The British government Sunday scrambled to contain political fallout from the London high-rise inferno that has claimed at least 50 lives. The cause of Wednesday's blaze is still under investigation, but anger has mounted in the community amid reports that exterior paneling used in an extensive renovation completed last year may have spread the flames. (John Stillwell/PA via AP) Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and his wife Saadiya Khan arrive for a service at St Clements Church, near to Grenfell Tower in west London, Sunday, June 18, 2017. The British government Sunday scrambled to contain political fallout from the London high-rise inferno that has claimed at least 50 lives. The cause of Wednesday's blaze is still under investigation, but anger has mounted in the community amid reports that exterior paneling used in an extensive renovation completed last year may have spread the flames. (John Stillwell/PA via AP)

LONDON (AP) – The Latest on the London high-rise tragedy (all times local):

1:10 p.m.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has attended a church service near the ruined London high-rise apartment building where at least 58 people perished.

The mayor and his wife Saadiya joined the congregation Sunday at St. Clement’s Church near Grenfell Tower.

Flowers and posters of missing persons are still taped to the gates of the church, which has been used as a temporary shelter and gathering point for donations.