London fire brigade working to put out fire at New Providence Wharf in Tower Hamlets

A fire broke out before 9am on Friday at a 19-storey apartment building in east London clad partly in combustible panels similar to those used on Grenfell Tower.

The London fire brigade said 125 firefighters were working to put out the blaze with parts of the eighth, ninth and 10th floors on fire at the New Providence Wharf development in the Poplar areas of Tower Hamlets.

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