Fire crews battled for over an hour to subdue a blaze at a factory in the early hours of the morning.

London Fire Brigade was called to a fire at the Loft Room Staircase Co factory in Raven Road, South Woodford, at 1.30am (Sunday, August 23).

Eight fire engines and around 60 firefighters attended the fire. where a significant part of the two storey building was damaged by the blaze.

Fire crews from Woodford, Leytonstone, Walthamstow, Chingford, Hainault, Ilford and Stratford fire stations reported the fire under control by 3.01am.

The cause of the fire will be investigated.

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