Huge fire at east London tower block with 70 firefighters tackling blaze
A tower block in east London is on fire with flames seen pouring out of the windows.
There are 10 fire engines and around 70 firefighters tackling the blaze at the residential block in Queens Road West in Plaistow.
The fire is located in a 10th floor flat out of a building made of 15 floors, with both the balcony and the inside of the flat alight.
It’s believed to be located at a residential block off Queens Road West, not far from the John F Kennedy School, Plaistow Primary School and Children’s Centre, and St Mary the Virgin Church.
About 30 people have been evacuated from the building. Three men had left the flat before the fire brigade arrived, and they are being treated by ambulance crews.
A large plume of thick black smoke was pictured rising into the sky.
London Fire Brigade (LFB) said traffic in the area will be impacted as crews respond, as they are likely to remain at the scene throughout the morning.
More than 30 calls reporting the fire have been made, and the first fire engines arrived on the scene just after 8am.
The LFB says the cause of the fire isn’t yet known, but that the fire was brought under control at about 9am and that it’s being investigated by specialist fire investigators.
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: ‘We were called at 8.09am this morning to reports of a fire in Queens Road West, Plaistow.
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‘We sent resources to the scene, including ambulance crews, members of our Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) and an incident response officer. The first of our crews arrived in two minutes.
‘We treated two patients, before taking a man to hospital, as a priority, while the other was released at the scene.’
It’s only been a couple of months since a major incident was declared in east London after a fire tore through a block of flats.
More than 200 firefighters were called to the blaze in Dagenham in the early hours of the morning after the ground floor, sixth floor and roof all caught fire.
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