People were led to safety when a fire broke out in Barking Town Centre yesterday.
The blaze started in a flat at a seven-storey block in Arboretum Place.
Firefighters evacuated 10 people as a precaution after 2pm.
The third-floor kitchen fire is under investigation.
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