Twenty flats have reportedly been destroyed in a major fire in east London.<br /><br />Eyewitness video filmed on Sunday (June 9) by a local resident who lives nearby shows the block of apartments in De Pass Gardens, Barking ablaze and firefighters on the scene.<br /><br />One person can be heard sobbing in the video.<br /><br />In a statement, London Fire Brigade said: “Fifteen fire engines and around 100 firefighters were called to a fire at a block of flats on De Pass Gardens in Barking.<br /><br />“The ground floor to the sixth floor of the block was alight. Twenty flats were destroyed by fire and a further 10 were damaged by heat and smoke.”<br /><br />One man and one woman were treated for smoke inhalation, it said.
