Scores of firefighters at scene of east London tower block blaze

Picture taken with permission posted on twitter by @KraftyP of the scene on Manwood Street, North Woolwich, where around 100 firefighters and 15 fire engines have been called to tackle a blaze at a block of flats in east London’s docklands. Issue date: Wednesday July 20, 2022.

More than 125 firefighters are tackling a fire at a block of flats in east London.

Footage appeared to show thick plumes of smoke barrelling out of the top floor windows of the building on Manwood Street in the north Woolwich docklands.