#residential-fire

#residential-fire

The blaze destroyed nearly everything they owned and displaced them from their home with just a few belongings in a matter of several hours, Evans told Hyperallergic in a phone call from a hotel where she is currently living. "There's a lot of things that went wrong," Evans said. "It was not like the movies where it's very clear it's an emergency," she added, recalling how the building's smoke alarms had not even gone off when she and her neighbors cleared their homes.

LFB Police are investigating a fire that virtually destroyed a house in north-east London believed to have been used as a cannabis factory. Twelve fire engines and about 80 firefighters were called to the mid-terraced property in Walthamstow shortly before 03:00 BST. The Met Police said officers also attended and found evidence of cannabis plants at the house on Knebworth Avenue, although no arrests were made.