More than 70 firefighters and 10 fire engines are today (Mon) tackling a blaze at a second block of flats in London.

Crews were called to the fire at a high rise building at New Providence Wharf, Blackwall, London.

London Fire Brigade say half of a flat and balcony on the 25th floor of the 45-storey building is alight.

Video taken of the blaze shows thick plumes of black smoke pouring from an apartment in the middle of the building.

A local resident said he heard an alarm going off at around At 1:25pm this afternoon.

An eyewitness said: "Around 1:25pm an alarm rang out when I noticed smoke billowing from the apartment. "

"Debris and pieces had fallen from the balcony, glass shattered and caused the fire to expand and engulfed the space, with flames reaching out as the wind carried the smoke. "

"The fire brigade arrived 20 minutes later and were tackling it from the adjacent apartment around 1:52pm."

It comes just hours after 225 firefighters battled a blaze on a tower block in Dagenham, East London, which saw more than 100 people evacuated.

Firefighters have since stood down from the scene in Dagenham, which saw two people taken to hospital.

All of the building's occupants have now been accounted for, the fire brigade said.