The Latest Breaking News from London Fire Brigade

London mayor Sadiq Khan said the London Fire Brigade took 2,600 calls, up from 500 on a busy day, and urged everyone in the capital to stop having barbecues - 'not on balconies, not in parks, nor in your private garden'

Here's your TL;DR for this morning's news.

A huge fire has broken out in east London this afternoon, prompting an emergency response from firefighters in the area.

It comes after around 100 firefighters tackled a blaze in the village of Wennington, east London, on Tuesday afternoon.

Dozens were evacuated from an assisted living facility in the early hours of Tuesday

London Fire Brigade battled a massive blaze at an assisted living facility in Hornchurch, east London, with 100 firefighters at the scene as around 60 people were evacuated

MINISTERS held an emergency Cobra meeting yesterday over concerns of record high temperatures this week that could put lives at risk.

An amber extreme heat warning comes in to force for much of England on Sunday.

The brigade has attended more than 800 open land fires in the six weeks since June