Situation Near East London Apartment Block Hit by Massive Fire (VIDEO)

Dozens of firefighters were called to the scene on Sunday as a fire broke out at a new apartment block in the east of the British capital.

The fire erupted in a new apartment block at De Pass Gardens on Sunday, 9 June.

"Fifteen fire engines and around 100 firefighters have been called to a fire at a block of flats on De Pass Gardens in Barking. The ground floor to the sixth floor of the block are currently alight," a statement by the emergency services reads.

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