Woman and baby flee 17th-floor flat fire with 50 neighbours also evacuated

Around 70 firefighters were called to the block in Poplar, across the Thames from the O2 Arena in east London, at 4.35am (Picture: Getty Images)

A woman and child fled their 17th floor flat before it was engulfed in flames early this morning.

Around 70 firefighters were called to the block in Poplar, across the Thames from the O2 Arena in east London, at 4.35am.

The London Fire Brigade said: ‘A two-room flat and balcony on the 17th floor of a 22-storey residential block of flats was damaged by fire.

‘One ...