Tributes have been paid to a 14-year-old girl who died in an east London flat fire. The girl, named only as Tiffany, tragically died at the scene, while five others injured in the blaze have since been released from hospital.
A family friend described the teenager as ‘an angel’ People hug at the scene on Tollgate Road in Beckton, Newham, on Friday Neighbour Inga Tilvikiene said: ‘First a small boy, four or five years old, jumped… Two guys found an old mattress. About six or seven people [jumped on it].Rahina Begum, who lives opposite the flats, described how the fire ‘went up very quickly, within a few seconds’.
Kenesha Lawrence, 43, who lived in the block of flats with her 14-year-old son, is having to stay in a hostel after her home was destroyed.‘My whole life was in there. I have been living there for nine years I have no idea what is going on in there.’ Chief Superintendent Simon Crick said: ‘My thoughts at this time are with the victim and their family and friends.
‘Incidents such as these send shockwaves through our communities and I don’t underestimate the impact this will have in the local area and beyond.
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