Fire blazes through 10th floor flat in high rise tower block in North Woolwich

Name: North Woolwich: Fire tears through 10th floor flat in east London tower block
Uploaded: 2024-06-28T07:08:01.000Z
Duration: 14 s
Description: A fire has ripped through the tenth floor of a block of flats in east London .Shocking footage shows bright orange flames coming out of the home, which is roughly halfway up the tower block in North Woolwich.Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters were called shortly after 10.30pm on Thursday to the flat fire on Rymill Street.

By Lucinda Herbert

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Published 28th Jun 2024, 09:52 BST

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Horrifying footage shows bright orange flames raging through an apartment, surrounded by a plume of thick black smoke, halfway up a high rise tower block in North Woolwich.

Dramatic video shows how a fire ripped through the tenth floor of a block of flats. The high rise building is seen engulfed in flames, as a plume of thick black smoke surrounds the area.

Fire tears through 10th floor flat in east London tower block in North Woolwich | Evening Standard

Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters were called shortly after 10.30pm on Thursday to the flat fire on Rymill Street, in North Woolwich.

Five people were taken to hospital. Firefighters had the blaze under control by 11.50pm and the cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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