Smoke seen across central London after fire breaks out at flats in Shoreditch

A 32-metre turntable ladder was used as a water tower to tackle the flames - (The Independent)

Residents were evacuated from their apartments on Monday morning after a fire broke out in east London.

Plumes of smoke could be seen in the sky after the blaze began at a shop, with has flats above it, on Hackney Road shortly before 8am. Residents were evacuated from their apartments shortly after.