Eleven-year-old boy dies in east London flat fire

An 11-year-old lad has died pursuing a occurrence successful a level successful eastbound London.

Emergency services were called to the occurrence successful a three-roomed level successful Stern Close, Barking, astatine 03:25 GMT.

Two adults and 2 children, who near the level earlier firefighters arrived, were taken to infirmary wherever they received attraction for non-life threatening injuries.

London Fire Brigade said the 2nd level level was "destroyed" by flames. An probe has been launched.

The Met Police said astatine this clip it did not look to beryllium suspicious.

The boy's adjacent of kin person been told.

LFB said six occurrence engines and astir 40 firefighters from Barking, East Ham and surrounding occurrence stations, were called to the country and had extinguished the occurrence by 05:18.

Another antheral was treated astatine the incidental by London Ambulance Service crews.

Darren Rodwell, person of Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council, said 9 properties had been affected, with a fig of families impacted.

He said his "thoughts and prayers" were with the household of the lad who died.

"Our hearts spell retired to everyone affected. We're alert that immoderate residents person mislaid everything including their homes and possessions.

"We volition beryllium continuing to enactment our residents with their needs including accommodation and affectional support."