Forty fire engines and around 225 firefighters are battling a blaze at a block of flats in Dagenham, east London.
More than 100 people were evacuated from the building on Freshwater Road.
The London Fire Brigade (LFB) said it was called at 2.44am on Monday with crews from Dagenham, Ilford, Romford, Barking and surrounding fire stations at the scene.
The brigade said parts of the scaffolding surrounding the building, as well as the ground floor and the roof, were alight.”
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