Residents are being evacuated after twenty fire engines and around 125 firefighters were called to an eight-hectare grass fire in London.
Shrubland, trees, fences and garden furniture are burning behind Clemence Road in Dagenham with locals nearby ordered to leave their homes.
The London Fire Brigade (LFB) has advised residents to keep their doors and windows shut due to the smoke and the public is being told to avoid the area due to road closures.
The Brigade’s Control Office took the first of over 75 calls at 6.30pm. Fire crews from Dagenham, Hornchurch, Wennington, Romford and other surrounding fire stations are at the scene.
The cause of the fire is not known at this stage.
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