Derelict home damaged in Canning Town blaze
Published:
8:09 AM April 28, 2017
Updated:
10:12 AM October 13, 2020
Smoke could be seen all around after a derelict house went up in flames in Canning Town. Photo: @shanxy22 - Credit: Archant
A fire is being investigated after flames wrecked parts of a derelict home yesterday.
Six fire engines and 35 firefighters and officers were called to the fire in Clarkson Road, Canning Town, shortly before 3.30pm.
The fire damaged a large part of the roof and a small part of the first floor of the mid-terraced property. Crews from Plaistow, Poplar, East Ham, Millwall, Plumstead and East Greenwich fire stations brought the blaze under control by 4.15pm.
