The London Fire Brigade said that the risk of wildfires in the capital was 'severe', as firefighters managed to extinguish a grass fire in Wanstead Flats in the east of the city this afternoon.
Fabian Henry, 12, died after a fire broke out in an Orchard Gardens flat in Lewisham just before midnight on Tuesday. A probe into the blaze has since been launched by London Fire Brigade.
Firefighters from the London Fire Brigade (LFB) have been deployed six times to one hotel, in central London, housing hundreds of male asylum seekers since 2023.