A GROUP of people have been filmed on Bonfire Night laughing as they burn an effigy of the Grenfell Tower in a “disturbing video” which emerged online today.

I legit cannot believe it. This group of people made a Grenfell tower replica for bonfire night. This is actually sickening. Man are giggling you know! Cant this be considered some form of hate crime or something. #Vex @grenfellinquiry pic.twitter.com/AFI1OExyVn

— Gracious K (@Graciouskisay) November 5, 2018

The shocking footage shows the group laughing and jeering as a crude cardboard representation of the west London tower block is placed onto a flame, along with cardboard figures stuck in the windows.

Mocking cries of “help me” and “stay in your flat” are heard in the footage, which has been reported to the police as a hate crime, with a St George Cross flag seen flying in the background.

At least 72 people died as a result of the devastating blaze that happened in June last year.

Labour’s shadow home secretary Diane Abbott said the behaviour was “sickening and disgraceful.”

“The victims of Grenfell Tower fire suffered an unimaginable death and the survivors watched their loved ones and homes perish,” she added.

“I am disgusted that people would behave in such a hateful way.”

Khadijah Mamudu, whose mother and younger brother escaped the fire, said she was stunned by the footage.

She said: “The community is stronger together and even this vile act by flag-waving, intellectually challenged, brainwashed sheep won’t derail the fight for justice nor will it knock ‘us’ off our stride as we walk forward, in dignity, in unity, in solidarity.”

It is not yet known when or where the video was recorded or who the people involved are. The Scotland Yard team leading the investigation into the Grenfell disaster is making enquiries into the source of the video.

London Fire Commissioner Dany Cotton, who told the ongoing inquiry into the Grenfell fire that she was receiving therapy after suffering significant memory gaps following the harrowing incident, called the video “appalling and disturbing.

“To intentionally use and mock the Grenfell Tower fire in this way will cause deep pain and offence to the bereaved, survivors, the local community and all of the emergency services who will never forget that night,” she said. “It cannot be justified on any level.”

Justice4Grenfell described the video as a “sickening act of hate.”

A spokesman of the campaign group said: “We are disgusted and shocked at the inhumanity and callousness of those involved in this video.

“This is clearly a hate crime and as a society we should never tolerate these types of blatant acts of hatred.”

Grenfell United spokeswoman Natasha Elcock said: “Not only is it extremely upsetting to survivors and people who lost family, it’s hateful and offensive to everyone that has been affected by the tragic events of that night.

“We try to keep our focus on the thousands of people across the country who supported us in the weeks after the fire, the hundreds that walk with us every month on the 14th and everyone who is backing our fight for justice and change.”