Netflix filmmaker Olaide Sadiq said "it's not impossible" the 72 deaths reported in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire may not be the "exact number", as she shared the harrowing details of the tragedy. However, she does accept 72 as the official death toll, as reported by the BBC.

Ahead of Grenfell: Uncovered, which launches on Netflix today, Sadiq opened up about the heartbreaking conversations she had with former Grenfell residents and their loved ones while making the documentary.

Addressing Reach and other publications at a recent screening of the feature film, she opened up about the process of putting the film together.

In response to a question about whether more than 72 people could have died, Sadiq said: "I've been asked that a few times and I think we've all seen - we can only show so much of it in this - it was a very devastating fire.

"I've never seen anything like it in my lifetime," she added sadly. "I think most of us haven't, and anything that had that kind of death toll...

"Not to be morbid, [but] a lot of survivors received their loved ones back in ways where you don't even know who that is.

"And, you know, some people showed me pictures of their loved ones in the way they received them, and that was hard to look at.

"But at the same time, I feel like if that's how they received their loved ones, then it's very difficult for anyone to work out the exact number," she explained.

"Obviously, we've been told it was 72. I've not been told anything that refutes that figure, but at the same time, given how devastating that fire was, people had very little left of their loved ones.

"So it's not impossible, I think, that someone could have been visiting a friend and there's no way of working out who they were and stuff like that."

The documentary maker then went on to clarify the key message of the film, which is that a tragedy like the Grenfell fire can never be allowed to happen again.

"That gets focused on a lot, but I think whether the number was 72 or 5 or 100, it doesn't matter," she stated.

"Grenfell shouldn't have happened. They shouldn't need a certain death toll for people to care more about it.

"It's impossible for us to know as filmmakers; we're not forensic experts to work that out, but at the same time, I don't think the death toll should affect how people care about the story."

Grenfell: Uncovered is a standalone film with a runtime of 100 minutes, directed by Sadiq and produced by James Rogan, Sandy Smith and Soleta Rogan.

The Netflix synopsis reads: "The film will forensically connect the long and disturbing chain of events that led to the disastrous Grenfell Tower fire that claimed the lives of 72 people in west London in 2017.

"As well as giving a voice to survivors, bereaved families and firefighters, the documentary will unravel and document a series of events that took place in the years before the fire."

Grenfell: Uncovered is coming to Netflix on Friday, June 20.