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Hackney fire: Residents flee as huge blaze breaks out at block of flats with 100 firefighters battling flames

Source: Abe Ince

Residents were forced to flee their homes as huge flames tore through the roof of a block of flats in Hackney.

Around 100 firefighters and 15 fire engines were called to a fire on the Pembury Estate on Dalston Lane just after 5.20pm on Wednesday.

Terrified residents scrambled to warn their neighbours of the blaze

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