Dozens of firefighters were called to tackle a blazing fire in a residential block of flats in central London, resulting in four people being rushed to the hospital.

Footage shows a raging fire in a flat on the third floor of a 22-storey residential block on Commercial Street in Spitalfields, Tower Hamlets. Around 60 firefighters and eight fire engines attended the scene this afternoon, with onlookers reporting a response time of around 10 minutes.

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