Whitechapel: 20 fire engines called to blaze in block of flats in east London

Firefighters from multiple brigades mobilised after blaze broke out on 17th floor of building in Whitechapel

Twenty fire engines and 125 firefighters were called to a fire at a block of flats on Whitechapel High Street on Monday.

Crews tackled a fire on the 17th floor of the building. The London fire brigade mobilised its 64-metre ladder for the incident and said its control officers took more than 50 calls about the blaze.