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| Major fire at London block of flats put out by 15 engines (PHOTOS, VIDEOS) | Major fire at London block of flats put out by 15 engines (PHOTOS, VIDEOS) |
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| Around 100 firefighters on Sunday tackled a huge blaze at a new apartment block in Barking, east London. Six storeys of the building were alight, according to London Fire Brigade. | Around 100 firefighters on Sunday tackled a huge blaze at a new apartment block in Barking, east London. Six storeys of the building were alight, according to London Fire Brigade. |
| Footage and images shared on social media showed the fire spreading quickly across part of a building at the De Pass Gardens apartment complex and crowds of worried onlookers gathering outside. | Footage and images shared on social media showed the fire spreading quickly across part of a building at the De Pass Gardens apartment complex and crowds of worried onlookers gathering outside. |
| The alarm was raised at around 3:30pm local time. | |
| Ambulances were put on standby as a precaution. London police said they were also at the scene and some evacuations were underway. | |
| London Fire Brigade later reported that a man and a woman were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation and that, fortunately, there were no more injuries. | |
| Barking and Dagenham Council said in a tweet that it has “opened a rest centre, at Thames View Community center and will be arranging temporary accommodation for anyone who needs it.” | |
| One Twitter user shared a photo and video of the enormous fire as seen from the River Thames. The cause of the blaze is not yet known. | One Twitter user shared a photo and video of the enormous fire as seen from the River Thames. The cause of the blaze is not yet known. |
| The Barking Riverside area was the focus of a £500 million regeneration project announced by London Mayor Sadiq Khan and housing developer L&Q in February 2018. | |
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