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Second fire breaks out in east London within hours
Emergency services at the scene of a fire at a multi-storey tower block at New Providence Wharf in London, August 26, 2024

DOZENS of firefighters and 10 fire engines responded to a blaze in Blackwall, east London, just hours after putting out a huge fire nearby in Dagenham.

Half of a flat and balcony on the 25th floor of the 45-storey tower block at New Providence Wharf, Biscayne Avenue, was alight, the LFB said this afternoon.

Dylan Lee, 28, who saw flames and smoke billowing from the structure while at his apartment in Canary Wharf opposite, said: “Around 13.25, an alarm rang out when I noticed smoke billowing from the apartment.

This story was updated on August 28, 2024, adding in the London Fire Brigade’s record of events.

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