80 firefighters sent to London tower block blaze

A woman has been led to safety after fire broke out at an east London apartment block.

Around 80 firefighters were called to Harry Zeital Way in Clapton at 10.40pm on Monday.

Part of an external balcony from the ground to the fifth floor was alight at a block of flats, LFB said, with more than 65 emergency calls received about the fire.

The LFB said the woman was rescued from the first floor and there are no reports of injuries.

Fire at a block of flats in Clapton (Dave Brewer/PA Wire)

Crews from Stoke Newington, Homerton, Bethnal Green, Islington, Holloway, Shoreditch and surrounding fire stations were sent to the scene.

The London Fire Brigade tweeted at 2.21am that the fire was under control, although small pockets of flames had yet to be put out.