Huge blaze erupts at 15-floor London tower block sparking dozens of evacuations with 70 firefighters scrambled

A HUGE blaze has erupted at a 15-floor tower block sparking dozens of evacuations.

Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters are responding to a fire on Queens Road West in Plaistow, east London.

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The inferno was in a 10th-floor flat and the balcony and interior were well alight, London Fire Brigade said.

A spokesperson for the brigade continued: “Three men left the flat before the Brigade arrived, and are being treated on scene by the London Ambulance Service.

“Around 30 people have been evacuated by the building.”

It added that there had been more than 30 calls reporting the fire.

The first was received just after 8am and firefighters from East Ham, Plaistow, Stratford and surrounding fire stations were at the scene.

The cause of the fire was not yet known.

Traffic in the area will be affected as crews respond, LFB said.

The Sun