Huge fire at 22-storey Aldgate tower block

By Tom Lowe2022-03-07T19:24:00

More than 100 firefighters tackling blaze on 17th floor as debris seen falling from the side of the building

A huge fire has broken out at a high-rise block on the edge of the City of London with more than 125 firefighters attending the scene.

Footage posted on social media showed flames burning fiercely from the 17th floor of the residential and office building, on Whitechapel High Street in Aldgate.

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