People were evacuated from the Westfield Stratford City shopping centre after a fire broke out in a multi-storey car park in east London.

Online footage showed plumes of black smoke rising from the car park where several vehicles had caught fire on Saturday afternoon. A London Fire Brigade (LFB) spokesperson said the fire had been "producing a significant amount of smoke" and a number of vehicles were alight on an upper level of car park C.

The brigade advised "people to avoid the area at this time" and said the shopping centre had been evacuated "as a precaution". The brigade was first called at 4.05pm and the London Ambulance Service (LAS) also rushed to the scene in Montfichet Road in Stratford.

Ten fire engines, around 70 firefighters, were sent including crews from Stratford, Popla

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