Hatch Grove fire: Woman in her 20s dies in flat fire in Chadwell Heath

A lady has died following a fire in a block of flats in Chadwell Heath, on the border of Essex.

The girl, who’s believed to be aged in her 20s, was discovered useless on the scene by emergency providers. Her subsequent of kin have been knowledgeable.

London Fire Brigade, The Met Police and London Ambulance Service rushed to Hatch Grove in Chadwell Heath yesterday night (March 17), following studies of a flat fire on the seventh flooring of a 17 storey constructing at round 8pm.

Fire crews from Dagenham, Romford and Ilford attended the fire, and managed to extinguish the blaze in simply over an hour.

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The explanation for the fire stays unknown and is at the moment underneath investigation by London Fire Brigade and the Metropolitan Police.

A spokesperson for London Fire Brigade mentioned: “Five fire engines and round 35 firefighters have been known as to a flat fire on Chadwell Heath in Barking and Dagenham.

“Most of the three-roomed flat on the seventh flooring of a 17 storey constructing was broken by the fire. Around 50 individuals left the constructing earlier than the Brigade arrived. Sadly, one girl died on the scene.

Photo reveals the fire injury to the surface of the constructing

“The Brigade was known as at 8.06pm and the fire was underneath management at 9.16pm. Fire crews from Dagenham, Romford and Ilford fire stations attended the scene.

“The explanation for the fire is underneath investigation by the Brigade and the Metropolitan Police Service.”

A spokesperson for Met Police mentioned: “Police have been known as at roughly 20:20hrs on Wednesday, March 17 to studies of a fire at a residential tackle in Hatch Grove, Chadwell Heath.

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“Officers, London Fire Brigade and London Ambulance Service all attended the scene.

“London Fire Brigade handled the fire.

“A lady – believed aged in her 20s – was discovered deceased on the scene.

“Next of kin have been knowledgeable.

“Enquiries into the circumstances are ongoing.”

A London Ambulance Service spokesperson mentioned: “We have been known as at 8.12pm yesterday (March 17) to studies of an incident at a residential property in Hatch Grove, Romford.

“We despatched quite a lot of assets to the scene together with an ambulance crew, two medics in automobiles, an incident response officer and members of our Hazardous Area Response Team (HART). We additionally dispatched medics from London’s Air Ambulance by highway.

“Unfortunately, regardless of the perfect efforts of our crews, a affected person died on the scene.”

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