By James Simons-
Seven people are in hospital following a huge fire at a construction site in Canning Town.
The fire in Silvertown Way was first reported to the London Fire Brigade call centre at 8.23am this morning (June 4).
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More than 25 calls alerting the emergency services to the incident were taken.
The fire had broken out in the ground floor commercial unit of a ten storey building development, resulting in a person having to be rescued by ladder.
Huge plumes of thick black smoke were seen rising from the site and surrounding the base of a crane. It was previously believed that only one person had been injured in the fire, but the London Ambulance Service has confirmed they treated ten people for injuries.
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Paramedics were called to the fire at 8.28am and arrived in less than three minutes.
Multiple ambulance crews, incident response officers, an advanced paramedic and a Hazardous Area Response Team (HEART) were at the scene.
Around 70 firefighters were dispatched in ten fire engines to the scene (Image: LFB)
They issued a warning to people in the area to stay away and to keep their doors and windows closed.
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