Whitechapel fire: Residents claim they heard no alarms, as blaze breaks out in London high-rise

Whitechapel fire: Residents claim they heard no alarms, as blaze breaks out in London high-rise

Sky News says a large fire which broke out on the 17th floor of a block of flats in east London, has been contained.

At the height of the blaze at the high-rise in Whitechapel High Street, the capital’s fire service sent 15 engines and 125 firefighters.

Witnesses described “awful scenes”, with large panels of glass falling hundreds of metres to the ground and smoke pouring out of the windows.

Some residents said they did not hear any fire alarms going off in the building. Others told Sky News they saw the fire being posted on social media before the building management alerted them.

https://news.sky.com/story/fire-breaks-out-at-london-skyscraper-in-whitechapel-high-street-12560112

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