Fire near canary wharf

[Devlesko]

Just wondered if anyone was round there and if it was out yet.
The high rise flats again, report said is was same cladding as Grenfell.

I wasn't aware of it until I saw your thread @Devlesko.

Looks very scary to me:
www.itv.com/news/london/2021-05-07/tower-block-fire-more-than-100-firefighters-tackle-blaze-near-canary-wharf

Those poor people

I am there. It is nowhere near as bad as Grenfell. It’s only about 3 flats that have been affected and everybody got out.

Seems like the fire service got it under control very quickly, thank god.

I'm so sorry to hear this

I can see it from my flat window. I'm on floor 18 on another building.

There were two fire engines I could see, not couldn't see the actual fire area. Think they must have put it out very quick, before it was actually reported on.

The attention is probably due to Grenfell and cladding fears more than the severity itself.

Good to hear its OK thanks sippy

The BBC radio news was initially quite scary - multiple engines working on a fifteen storey high rise in Poplar.

It's a relief to hear it's not so horrendous. Thanks.

This gave me a scare.. I used to live in this building. What a relief they got it under control quickly as it could have been devastating. Hopefully everyone is ok.

I live close by in another building with the same cladding. Nobody can sell their flats because of it.

Thanks, for the replies. I saw it on my laptop from two different papers, the headlines were quite scary, especially about the cladding.
It should be removed, I'm sorry people can't move.