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East Ham restaurant fire sparks police investigation

Police are investigating a fire in East Ham High Street that has damaged a restaurant and the flats above.

Fire crews were alerted to the blaze at around 12.30am this morning.

Two men in the flats smelt smoke and escaped before emergency services arrived.

Investigations have discovered no smoke alarms sound.

Firefighters extinguished the blaze by 2.50am.

Leon Back from London Fire Brigade said: “Crews worked extremely quickly in arduous conditions to contain this fire and stop it spreading to adjacent properties.

“If the occupants of the flat hadn’t discovered the fire when they did, this fire could have had a very different outcome.

“Homes need multiple smoke alarms or you won’t be properly covered. Ideal spots for smoke alarms include rooms where you leave electrical equipment running like satellite boxes, computers or heaters; any room where you smoke, and anywhere you charge your mobile or laptop.”

Most of the second floor and part of the first floor and roof were damaged by fire.

The staircase from the ground floor to the second floor was also completely destroyed in the blaze.

The cause of the fire is under investigation by LFB’s Fire Investigation Unit and the Metropolitan Police.

(Picture: LFB)

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