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Dagenham: Two taken to hospital and 100 evacuated as fire engulfs London high-rise

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Summary
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67% Informative

Two people have been taken to hospital after fire engulfs a block of flats in east London .

More than 100 residents have been evacuated from the building in Freshwater Road , Dagenham .

Forty fire engines and 225 firefighters were called to the scene at 02:44 BST.

The cause of the fire is not yet known, but it is described as a 'mixed-used residential and commercial building'.

VR Score

65

Informative language

62

Neutral language

74

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

37

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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no external sources

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