The fire is being treated as arson and police have now arrested a 16-year-old on suspicion of murder in connection to the incidentCredit: ITV News
A 14-year-old girl was killed in a fire at a block of flats in east London on Thursday as police arrest a 16-year-old boy on suspicion of murder.
The Metropolitan Police have now launched a murder probe in Newham after the teenager, named locally as Tiffany, died in the blaze.
London Fire Brigade were called to the fire at a block of flats in Beckton, east London, at around 5.28pm on Thursday.
Five others were taken to hospital following the blaze on Tollgate Road in Beckton. Their injuries are not life-threatening and they have since been discharged from hospital.
London Fire Brigade confirmed a person had died after being found in a second-floor flat - now this has been confirmed as a 14-year-old girl.
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