Blaze breaks out at London tower block as multiple fire crews dispatched

A fire at an 18th-floor flat in London is being tackled by around 70 firefighters.

London Fire Brigade was called to the blaze in Poplar at 4.35am on Saturday morning.

"Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters have been called to a flat fire on Blackwall Way in Poplar," the brigade said.

"Half of a flat on the 18th floor of a 22-storey residential block of flats is alight.

"The brigade's 999 control officers were called at 04.35 and mobilised crews from Poplar, Whitechapel, Plaistow, Stratford, Shadwell, East Ham, East Greenwich, Bethnal Green, and Greenwich fire stations.

"Crews remain in attendance."

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