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A fire at a 19-storey residential block in east London wrapped in Grenfell-style ACM cladding has been brought under control, the developer behind the scheme has said.

Around 125 firefighters and 20 fire engineers were fighting the blaze this morning at Ballymore鈥檚 1,535-home New Providence Wharf block in Poplar, according to the London Fire Brigade.

Ballymore said in a statement: 鈥淲e can confirm that the fire was quickly brought under control by the Fire Brigade and is now extinguished. Our response team are on-site to support residents and assist with alternative accommodation where necessary.鈥�

It added: 鈥淥ur thoughts are with everyone who has been affected by this morning鈥檚 fire at New Providence Wharf. The safety of our residents is paramount and we are working closely with the London Fire Brigade.鈥�

Footage posted on social media this morning showed parts of the eighth, ninth, and 10th floors on fire, with firefighters attempting to douse the flames from ladders. The London Fire Brigade said in a statement on Twitter: 鈥淔irefighters are tackling a fire at a 19-storey block of flats in . Parts of the 8th, 9th and 10th floors are alight. There are now 20 fire engines at the scene.鈥� There have been no reports so far of any casualties.

馃毃 20 fire engines on the scene of a fire at New Providence Wharf in East London this morning.

The building鈥檚 still covered in ACM cladding - the same type as was on Grenfell. Awaiting updates.

鈥� Rachael Venables (@rachaelvenables)

The block, designed by SOM, after it emerged that its ACM style cladding had still not been removed three and a half years after the Grenfell Tower fire which claimed 72 lives in June 2017.

Ballymore subsidiary Landor Residential, which is understood to own the building, was for having failed to begin removing the cladding on their developments.

More recently the firm has been removed from .

Firefighters are tackling a fire at a 19-storey block of flats in Parts of the 8th, 9th and 10th floors are alight. There are now 20 fire engines at the scene 漏

鈥� London Fire Brigade (@LondonFire)

Ballymore was quoted in January as saying that work to remove the cladding was 鈥渃omplicated鈥� as the building faces directly onto the river and its apartments house more than 1,000 residents.

The developer said that enabling work to replace the cladding started on site last week and that a main contractor 鈥渉ad been due to take possession of the site this coming Monday鈥�.

It added that ACM was present on around 22% of the building鈥檚 facade.