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A woman and a baby are among more than 30 people who fled after a fire at a block of flats in east London<\/a> today.<\/p>\n

It happened on Collendale Road in Walthamstow, east London, with two flats on the fifth and sixth floor going up in flames.<\/p>\n

Videos on social media<\/a> showed firefighters being lifted above the building covered in billowing plumes of smoke.<\/p>\n

Water towers were also used to try to help fight the fire from above.<\/p>\n

Around 36 people were evacuated from the building with around 15 fire engines and 100 firefighters involved to bring it under control.<\/p>\n

The baby and woman were treated at the scene and discharged by the London Ambulance Service.<\/p>\n

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A worker at the nearby Yonder rock climbing gym told Metro <\/strong>that a person who lives in one of the flats impacted is a regular at the gym.<\/p>\n

\u2018My manager knows the person and luckily they were unharmed because they were in a cafe at the time of the fire,\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n

\u2018My manager called them to check if they were ok at the time it all happened.<\/p>\n

\u2018You can only see the fire a little bit from where we are but the whole area was cordoned off and firefighters evacuated the area.<\/p>\n

\u2018The response of the fire brigade was really fast and I\u2019m happy to hear that nobody has been injured.\u2019 <\/p>\n

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Fire crews from Walthamstow, Tottenham, Hornsey and surrounding fire stations were sent to tackle the blaze.<\/p>\n

The London Fire Brigade said the fire was under control shortly before 4.30pm and they are investigating its cause, with crews to remain on the scene into the evening.<\/p>\n

A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: \u2018We were called at 1.44pm to reports of a fire on Collendale Road, Walthamstow.<\/p>\n

\u2018We sent resources to the scene, including a paramedic in a fast response car, an incident response officer, a clinical team manager and members of our hazardous area response team.\u2019<\/p>\n

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