“We saw a bright flash of white, and all the lights in town went out,” he said. The London Fire Brigade sent 10 engines and around 70 firefighters to control the blaze and about 150 people ...

Eleven people have been taken to hospital following a fire at a flat in east London. About 60 firefighters tackled the blaze ...

Three people have been rescued from the roof of a flat in Whitechapel after an e-bike battery burst into flames. London Fire Brigade has issued an urgent safety warning after a fire tore through an ...

The London Fire Brigade (LFB) "lacks independence and has not been dealing with complaints fast enough", the London Assembly has said. A damning review in 2022 found the brigade was ...

Nine people were assessed at the scene by London Ambulance Service crews and two people were taken to hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation as a precaution. The fire is believed to have been ...

"We’re running all flights ... the cause of the fire, but said late Friday, that officers are not treating the cause of the fire as suspicious. On Friday, the London Fire Brigade said that ...

The London Assembly ... should make fire brigades a regulated profession, arguing that without such regulation, and under current employment law, staff dismissed by one brigade can simply move ...

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Yasin, who lives in a block of flats opposite the fire, said: "We could tell it was going to be bad because the flames reached up to the fourth floor. My prayers are with all the neighbours ...

E-bike and e-scooter fires are on the rise, according to London Fire Brigade data, with more than 150 incidents recorded in London last year. This live blog is now closed. Police and fire services ...