welcome to the ABC News around 70 firefighters and 10 fire engines tackle fire in blackwall East London the London fire brigade lfb has reported that about 70 firemen and 10 fire engines are battling a fire in blackwall East London according to a statement released by The lfb on Monday afternoon a portion of a flat and balcony located on the 25th floor of a 45-story tower block at New Providence horf is SK Avenue were on fire according to the lfb Personnel from Mil wall playto Shadwell and other fire stations were on the scene when they were first summoned to the fire at 1:28 p.m. the 28-year-old Dylan Lee claimed to be filled with Dread upon seeing smoke and Flames rising from the building as he was at his Canary wh flat across the street I noticed smoke billowing from the flat around 1325 so I set off the alarm the designer and VFX artist said to the PE news agency the balcony was littered with broken glass falling debris and a raging fire that spread throughout the room as smoke was blown by the wind I felt dread especially considering this is the second apartment fire in 24 hours in East London alone he stated once the fire department came 20 minutes later hopefully the firemen are unharmed and the people are well this house belonged to someone the lfb warned residents in the vicinity to to close their windows and doors when they could since the fire was emitting a lot of smoke the fire department also said that the cause of the incident is still unknown and that it had received over 100 reports about it