Firefighters are warning smokers to dispose of cigarettes carefully after a house fire on Thicket Grove in Dagenham in the early hours of this morning.

Part of the ground floor of a semi-detached house was damaged by fire. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus led one man to safety who was treated on scene by London Ambulance Service crews.

The fire is believed to have been accidental and caused by the unsafe disposal of a cigarette.

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