A fire has ravaged a 19-storey tower block in Poplar, in east London
It's believed the building is covered in flammable cladding, and a number of people have been treated for injuries
125 firefighters tackled the blaze near Canary Wharf - which engulfed three floors.
Smoke has penetrated six floors and London ambulance service said it had sent resources including ambulance crews who had “treated a number of people and remain at the scene, where they are working with other emergency services”.
The complex of blocks, originally developed by Ballymore in 2005, is clad partly in aluminium composite material panels, which were also used on Grenfell, where a fire almost four years ago cost 72 lives.
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