About 100 firefighters tackle huge blaze at east London business centre

Plume of smoke visible for miles as 15 fire engines attend site in Bow, where no casualties have yet been reported

Thick black smoke billowed into the sky on Friday evening when a huge fire broke out in east London. About 100 firefighters tackled the blaze at a business centre with flats in Fairfield Road in Bow.

The London fire brigade (LFB) described it as a very visible fire" and said most of the roof of the six-storey building was alight. The cause of the fire is not yet known and there were no reports of injuries.