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@Oliver Schick
As has been said many times now, the advice to stay in flats probably would have been right had it not been for that cladding (pending a proper investigation) and everything turning into a towering inferno so fast. These were not normal circumstances, they were not planned for, and it is unlikely emergency call handlers, some of whom must be traumatised now, too, could possibly have anticipated what would happen as a result of the advice they gave.
Among the reasons why the number of casualties is given as so low right now is probably that (1) many remains are going to be very hard to identify, with pathologists only able to use dental records in some cases, (2) in the confusion there is every reason not to rush into announcements, and (3) because at this stage it is simply unknown how many people were in the building.
There are so many aspects of this which would make anyone sick to their stomach just on their own, all taken together are nothing but the worst imaginable.