More than 100 firefighters tackle blaze in Woolwich tower block in east London

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London Fire Brigade respond to a fire in Woolwich, with around 100 firefighters sent to tackle the blaze. Some flats under the top floor were evacuated, and no injuries have been reported as a result of the fire. Read more here 👉

One resident forced to flee the flats said they feared the blaze could be on the scale of the Grenfell disaster.

"The first thing we all thought was Grenfell Tower, we thought we were there, you know?" the woman, who declined to leave her name, said. As she headed away from her home, she added:"I'm trying to find out where I'm going to go tonight with my family." Another resident of the flats said he was forced to alert his neighbours because the fire that started on the 17th floor did not trigger an alarm.Mohammad Rajib Hossain, 29, said he only heard about the fire because one of his friends in a different building rang him to say she could see flames.

He continued:"I had to knock on the door, you know, they're my neighbours, I had to knock the door and say there's a fire."There is no fire alarm in the whole building, it is inside the flat but not outside."

 

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