Residents in Dagenham have been urged to keep their windows closed to avoid smoke. Station Commander Alan Bendell, who is at the scene of the fire, said: “The fire is producing heavy smoke and ...

Although only two residents ended up in hospital as a result of the Dagenham fire, the experience of the Grenfell Tower inferno in June 2017 has shown the terrible long-term impact of inhaling ...

As if to prove this point, just hours after the Dagenham fire, a second blaze broke out around the 25th floor of another East End tower block, near the Thames in Docklands. The story from the ...

More than 100 people were evacuated from their homes following horror blaze in East London after huge flames tore through a building with "known" safety issues. Four patients were treated at the ...

Crews from Dagenham, Ilford, Romford, Barking and surrounding fire stations are in attendance at the scene, while Freshwater Road remains closed to traffic. The LFB are urging people to avoid ...

Forty fire engines and around 225 firefighters responded to the blaze in Freshwater Road, Dagenham ... Shadwell and surrounding fire stations were involved in the response, which included 70 ...

An MP has demanded “a full investigation” into the cause of a fire which tore through a block of flats in Dagenham and why unsafe cladding was still being removed from the building “seven ...

"The Brigade was called at 0844 and the fire was under control by 0919. Crews from Dagenham, Barking, Ilford and Hornchurch fire stations attended the scene. The cause of the fire is under ...

Forty fire engines and around 225 firefighters responded to the blaze in Freshwater Road, Dagenham, with the London Fire Brigade ... Shadwell and surrounding fire stations were involved in the ...