North Woolwich fire: Crews battle blaze at top of tower block

About 125 firefighters are battling a fire at the top of a tower block in east London.

A four-roomed flat on the 17th floor of the high-rise block on Manwood Street, North Woolwich, is completely alight, London Fire Brigade (LFB) said.

Crews in 15 engines have been sent to the building, which is believed to be about 18 storeys high.

Crews are also tackling a hectare (2.5 acres) of burning grass, which is alight opposite the block.

LFB said it had taken more than 100 calls about the fire, the first at 12:49 BST.

Crews from Shadwell, Dowgate, Dockhead, Shoreditch and surrounding fire stations are at the scene.

The cause of the fire is not yet known.

Now that’s scary … :scream_cat:

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Gosh that is scary…I hope everyone escapes that :frowning_face:

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Oh no, this sounds awful :cry:. I hope no one’s injured.

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More than likely set by residents in order to get themselves rehoused. Lots of precedence - Mick Philpott a classic example.

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Rubbish.
The Philpott case was nothing to do with rehousing…

“Mick and Mairead Philpott set fire to their own family home as part of a vicious scheme to frame Mick’s former partner and regain custody of his child”

Six children died in the fire

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Philpott wanted a bigger council house.

@Omah , The flat fire is more likely to be related to cladding issues than
high ambient temperatures Omah ?
The adjacent grass fire was probably started by the flat fire !!
Donkeyman! :roll_eyes::roll_eyes::roll_eyes:

Lets see if it collapses like both the twin towers did…