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Firefighters were called to a blaze last night in E14 believed to have been caused by an unattended candle.

Four men and a woman escaped unharmed from the Capston Square house which firefighters said appeared not to have any smoke alarms.

A 30 metre safety cordon surrounding a workshop fire in Deptford has been removed after firefighters brought the blaze under control.

Propane gas cylinders on the Mornington Road premises were cooled and removed from the premises and the fire was out just before 12.30pm.

Firefighters have been called to a blaze on the ground floor of a house on Selbourne Avenue, Manor Park.

Four fire engines and 20 team members are in attendance.

Around 30 firefighters are still battling to put out a blaze at Deptford Bridge which began earlier this afternoon.

Some six crews turned up at the scene. The fire is believed to have started in two derelict shops, which have flats above.

A second floor flat was damaged in a blaze at Albility Place, Millharbour on Friday night.

Around twenty people were evacuated from the building before the fire brigade arrived at 8.49pm.

Waitrose staff were among the workers evacuated this morning following a fire in a car park beneath the Canary Wharf store.

Around 20 firefighters attended the blaze in Canada Place and had it under control by 9am.

A community meeting held to discuss the aftermath of the riots in Woolwich was boycotted by Greenwich Council.

Leaflets handed out in the town centre yesterday (August 18) on behalf of the council said it would not be attending because an organiser was connected to the English Defence League.

The Isle of Dogs didn't escape last night's rioting with looters stealing £15,000 of goods from a Tesco store and four cars being burned out on the Timber Wharf estate.

The violence began at around 10.25pm when a gang of up to 60 youths attacked Tesco Express in Pepper Street.

A woman and child have been rescued from a house fire in Canning Town this morning.

The fire on Greenwich High Road is now out. A three storey building has been severely damaged but no one was hurt.

Firefighters have been called to a blaze in a Canning Town scrap yard.

Four engines are at the scene on Dock Road, E16 close to the DLR track.

Firefighters are battling a major blaze in a block of flats in Bermondsey.

They were called to a fire in a 17th floor flat at Lupin Point on Abbey Street just before 2pm today.

Firefighters have credited smoke alarms with saving the lives of seven people in a Stratford house fire.

The four adults and three children were taking to hospital in the early hours of Thursday (April 14) morning suffering from smoke inhalation following a blaze in a three storey property on The Green.

An awe-inspiring event only matching the arrival of the blue whale at the Natural History Museum for impact.

That is how Cutty Sark Trust Director Richard Doughty feels about the latest stage in the ship's restoration - the first time any historic vessel in the world has been permanently raised to preserve its structure.

Following a balcony fire at a sixth floor apartment in Indescon Square, near Millharbour this afternoon, firefighters confirmed that no one was in the apartment at the time of the fire and no one was injured.

Firefighters were called to the blaze at 12.51pm and four engines attended the scene. The fire was out by 1.36pm and the cause is unknown.

A fire at a block of flats on the Isle of Dogs has been brought under control by firefighters.

This afternoon's blaze started on a balcony at the Indescon Square building, near Millharbour and damaged a sixth floor apartment.

The Kings of Leon's show scheduled for this evening at The O2 has been called off following a fire.

A blaze broke out on one of the tour buses this morning as the band's equipment was being unloaded, and the resulting water damage means the show can not now go ahead.

It was a case of coach on fire rather than sex on fire when two of Kings of Leon's tour buses burst into flames at The O2 this morning.

The two vehicles caught fire at around 8.18am while they were being unloaded in preparation for the band's gig at the arena this evening.

Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp was among 200 people evacuated from the Marriott Hotel Canary Wharf after a fire broke out last night.

Redknapp was one of the hotel's guests who fled the building after the blaze broke out at around 10.30pm, just before the fire brigade arrived.

The Blackwall Tunnel is to re-open within the hour - despite earlier claims it would be closed until Wednesday.

A people carrier caught fire on Sunday afternoon, prompting the complete closure of the river crossing.