Aldgate fire

A huge fire has erupted at a tower block in Whitechapel High Street, Aldgate, east London, with the blaze and smoke seen for miles around and glass panels ...

"Crews are tackling a fire on the 17th floor of a 21-storey building. She said: "The only flames now are on the balcony. Lots of smashed glass can be seen on the road, especially outside Aldgate East station and Paddy Power." More updates to follow" "Three windows can be seen broken on one side, and four on the other. A spokesperson said: "We were called to the scene at 1555 to reports of a fire on Whitechapel High Street by the emergency services. They said: “I can’t understand why the alarms didn’t go off, it’s ridiculous. He was nice.” She said: “I did not hear an alarm. I forgot to take my coat. Incredible professionalism by all avoided serious injuries." Contact us at [email protected]

Around 60 people were evacuated from the Relay Building, with 25 fire engines and 125 firefighters taking several hours to get the blaze under control.

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Residents in an east London tower block have said they raised fire safety concerns with management before a huge blaze erupted.

“Responsibility for the building and balconies is with the freeholder. “Network Homes is not the freeholder of this building. Our team were onsite during the incident and into Monday evening, and have been onsite today meeting residents to offer further support. The wooden balconies.” We are also writing to all residents with an update today and will continue to offer support where needed. “I think there was a fire alarm on the ground floor but I could not hear it clearly on the 20th.

A blaze broke out in a tower block in East London this afternoon with around 125 firefighters at the scene.

London Fire Brigade confirmed the fire was under control by 1907. Please still avoid the area https://t.co/wyMmpNeYbp pic.twitter.com/74RqtP4Y55 March 7, 2022 Read the full story here. Please still avoid the area https://t.co/wyMmpNeYbp pic.twitter.com/74RqtP4Y55 March 7, 2022 The Brigade’s 64m ladder has been mobilised to the incident. We continue to tackle the fire on— London Fire Brigade (@LondonFire) #WhitechapelHigh Street. We used one of our 64 metre ladders (tallest in Europe) to get water onto the building from the outside.

A fire broke out in one of the tops floors of the Relay Building in east London on Monday afternoon.

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A large fire broke out in a high rise block of flats in East London, triggering a response from more than 100 firefighters.

"We mobilised a 64 metre turntable ladder to the scene. He said: "She was given fire survival advice by control officers until firefighters located her. "As soon as we became aware of the situation we sent a team to the building to provide support to residents, and they remained on site into the evening. It broke out shortly before 4pm and was under control by 7.07pm, the LFB said. Another Twitter user, named Hillary, said the fire was "massive" as she shared a video of the blaze. "Huge fire in #aldgate huge glass panels falling 100s of metres to the ground, awful scenes," a user called Jamie tweeted earlier.