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A planning application from 2023 shows the building in Dagenham, East London, was covered in “non-compliant” cladding and campaigners have demanded to know how such a fire could happen more than seven years Grenfell

Firefighters managed to extinguish a large fire at a high-rise building in Blackwall, London, less than 24 hours after a separate blaze broke out at a block of flats in Dagenham.

Survivors of the Grenfell tragedy have lashed out after a blaze ravaged a Dagenham tower block, before a second set of flats went up in flames mere hours later.

London Fire Brigade were called at around 2.45am today as a fire tore through a tower block in Dagenham with "known" safety issues, as families shared their fury

A second London tower block has been caught in a raging fire as dozens of firefighters rushed to tackle the inferno at the 43-storey high-rise building.

Half of a flat and balcony on the 25th floor of the 45-storey building is alight, the London Fire Brigade said

At least 70 firefighters are at the scene at New Providence Wharf, with witnesses reporting glass and cladding falling from the building.

A SECOND tower block in London is on fire as dozens of firefighters rushed to tackle the blaze at a 43-storey high-rise building.

A SECOND tower block in London is on fire as dozens of firefighters rushed to tackle the blaze at a 43-storey high-rise building.

This is the second fire at a tower block in east London today.

Some 40 fire engines and 225 firefighters have been battling the fire on Freshwater Road in Dagenham, east London, which saw more than 80 people evacuated in the middle of the night.

The London Fire Brigade said a ‘small part’ of a flat and the ‘entirety of a balcony’ on the 25th floor of the building were destroyed in the blaze.

The London Fire Brigade said a ‘small part’ of a flat and the ‘entirety of a balcony’ on the 25th floor of the building were destroyed in the blaze.

Two people taken to hospital and more than 100 people evacuated from building with 'significant' search and rescue operation underway

Some 40 fire engines and around 225 firefighters were sent to battle the blaze on Freshwater Road in Dagenham, east London, which has left two people in hospital.

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Forty fire engines and around 225 firefighters battled the blaze

Nabil Choucair, who lost six relatives in the Grenfell Tower fire, has criticised the London Fire Brigade for 'not rescuing people sooner'

Commissioner Andy Roe has discussed the London Fire Brigade’s response to the blaze