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typeof(data.detail.carousel) === ‘undefined’ || typeof(data.detail.carousel.el_) === ‘undefined’) {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\treturn;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tvar player = data.detail.carousel.el_;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tvar container = player.closest(‘.metro-video-player’);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tvar placeholder = container.querySelector(‘.metro-video-player__up-next-placeholder’);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tcontainer.removeChild(placeholder);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tcontainer.classList.add(‘metro-video-player–related-videos-loaded’);<br \/>\n\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A ‘huge fire’ broke out in a flat in east <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/london\/\">London<\/a>, prompting a large emergency response.<\/p>\n<p>Fifteen fire engines and around 100 firefighters were called to the blaze on Leman Street in Aldgate, east London.<\/p>\n<p>Video shows a blaze pouring out of the fifth-floor flat balcony, which erupted at around 5:45pm today.<\/p>\n<p>Another flat was also on fire on the seventh floor of the same building.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"535\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22941021 lazyload\" alt=\"Fire in Aldgate\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.phithuongbatphu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SEI_248235686-4720-e1745173706264.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>The fire erupted before 6pm this evening (@samcrazyguy\/X)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fire brigade crews from across London attended the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Commanders erected a 64-metre high observation tower and worked to suppress the fire, the cause of which has not been established.<\/p>\n<p>The London Fire Brigade said in a statement: ‘A fifth-floor flat is alight. Part of a second flat on the seventh floor is also alight. <\/p>\n<p>‘One of the Brigade’s 64-metre turntable ladders is being used as an observation tower, providing a vantage point for incident commanders to assess the incident. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"519\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22941065 lazyload\" alt=\"Fire in Aldgate\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.phithuongbatphu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SEI_248238021-b657.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>The fire in Aldgate, in East London (Picture: Metro)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>‘The Brigade’s 999 Control Officers took the first of 15 calls to the fire at 1743 and mobilised crews from Whitechapel, Shadwell, Shoreditch, Dowgate, Bethnal Green and surrounding fire stations to the scene. <\/p>\n<p>‘The cause of the fire is not known at this time.’<\/p>\n<p>The London Ambulance Service told <strong>Metro<\/strong>: ‘We were called at 6.28pm today (Sunday 20 April) to reports of a fire in Leman Street, E1.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tLatest London news\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/04\/20\/huge-fire-engulfs-two-flats-east-london-block-22940983\/\">Huge fire engulfs two flats in east London block<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/03\/27\/fungus-infected-zombie-spiders-invaded-london-22801577\/\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/03\/29\/heathrow-airport-face-disruption-easter-strikes-announced-22815826\/\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/04\/20\/chinese-spies-bugging-londons-pubs-park-benches-security-sources-say-22940560\/\">Chinese spies are \u2018bugging London\u2019s pubs and park benches,\u2019 security sources say<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/04\/01\/three-killed-car-crashes-bus-sparks-huge-inferno-22826874\/\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/04\/01\/three-killed-car-crashes-bus-sparks-huge-inferno-22826874\/\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/04\/08\/inside-plans-revamp-london-liverpool-street-station-22872616\/\">Inside the plans to revamp London Liverpool Street station<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>To get the latest news from the capital visit Metro’s<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/london\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> London news hub<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>‘We sent resources to the scene, including members of our Hazardous Area Response Team (HART), members of our Tactical Response Unit and an incident response officer.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div 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