Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters tackled a fire at a school on Downs Park Road in Hackney.
Two classrooms and one washroom on the second floor of a purpose-built secondary school block were completely destroyed by fire. Around 19 pupils and staff were evacuated from the ground floor of the building. Thankfully there were no injuries reported.
One of the Brigade's 32-metre turntable ladders was used at the scene as a water tower to help fight the fire from above.
Control Officers took the first of nine calls regarding the fire at 0908 and mobilised crews from Homerton, Stoke Newington, Tottenham and surrounding fire stations to the scene. The fire was under control by 1134.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.