Firefighters have issued a smoking safety reminder after rescuing a man from a house fire on Hooper Road in Canning Town.
Part of the first floor of a mid-terraced house was damaged by fire. Two men left the building before the Brigade arrived. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus rescued another man via an internal staircase. Two men were taken to hospital by London Ambulance Service crews and one was treated on scene.
The Brigade's fire investigators believe the blaze was accidental and caused by smoking materials.
A London Fire Brigade spokesperson said: “Fires caused by smoking materials including cigarettes, roll-ups, cigars and pipes, result in more deaths than any other type of fire.
“Never leave lit cigarettes unattended and make sure you stub them out properly and dispose of them carefully when you have finished smoking.
"If you don’t, you risk causing a fire which could not only destroy your home, but also put lives at risk.”
The Brigade was called at 1431 and the fire was under control by 1520. Three fire engines and around 15 firefighters from Plaistow, Poplar and East Ham fire stations attended the scene.