Fifteen fire engines and around 100 firefighters tackled a fire on The Green in Wennington.
An area of around 40 hectares of grassland, farm buildings, houses and garages on The Green and Kent View were affected. Two detached houses, two semi-detached houses, two rows of terraced houses, two outbuildings, six single-storey garages, 12 stables and five cars were destroyed by the blaze. Another detached property was badly damaged.
Almost 90 surrounding properties were evacuated and there were no reports of any injuries.
The Brigade's 999 Control Officers took 19 calls to the blaze.
The Brigade was called at 1306 and the fire was under control by 2147. Fire crews from Dagenham, Deptford, Bethnal Green, Woodford, Lee Green, Forest Hill and surrounding fire stations were at the scene.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.