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Clapton flats fire: Woman rescued during 'suspicious' blaze | |
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A fire that ripped through flats where a woman had to be rescued is being treated as suspicious, police say. | |
The blaze broke out off Harry Zeital Way in Clapton, east London at 22:40 BST on Monday. | |
It started on a downstairs balcony but spread to the upper floors "within two minutes", resident Soyeb Isralia said. | |
Balconies from the ground to the fifth floor were destroyed, along with part of a flat on the fifth floor and a section of the roof. | |
Met Police officers were called to the scene along with ambulance and fire crews, although there were no reported injuries. | |
Mr Isralia said he was in the bath when he heard people shouting about the fire, so he grabbed a towel and escaped from the building. | |
"We saw the downstairs balcony on fire and within two minutes the flames went all the way up to the fourth floor," he said. | |
"Everything just exploded after that." | |
The blaze took firefighters, who remain at the scene, three hours to bring under control. | |
Hackney council, the local authority, will also be involved in investigating the fire. |