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One dead and five injured in east London fire Beckton fire: Man arrested on suspicion of murder after woman dies
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One person has died and five are known to have been injured in a fire in east London. A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman died in a fire in a block of flats in east London.
Five ambulance crews and a helicopter were sent to the blaze on Tollgate Road in Beckton on Thursday afternoon. Details of the fire are emerging, with five people also known to have been injured and taken to hospital.
The London Ambulance Service said one person died at the scene and paramedics treated five others who were taken to hospital. Five ambulance crews and a helicopter were sent to Tollgate Road in Beckton after it was reported at 17:26 BST on Thursday afternoon.
The Metropolitan Police and London Fire Brigade have been contacted. Inquiries into the cause of the fire are ongoing, the Metropolitan Police said.
The fire, which broke out at a block of flats, was reported at 5:26pm. The police, London Ambulance Service and London Fire Brigade remain at the scene dealing with the fire, a Met spokesperson added.
The mayor of Newham, Rokhsana Fiaz, expressed her "deepest condolences" to loved ones of the person who died. The mayor of Newham, Rokhsana Fiaz, said: "We are deeply saddened by the news that there has been one fatality already from the fire that broke out in flats in Beckton."
"We are deeply saddened by the news that there has been one fatality already from the fire that broke out in flats in Beckton," she tweeted.
"Our deepest condolences to loved ones now in mourning.""Our deepest condolences to loved ones now in mourning."
Tollgate Road remains cordoned off, she added.Tollgate Road remains cordoned off, she added.
Restrictions are also in place on surrounding roads.
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