Eleven rushed to hospital and dozens evacuated from homes as huge blaze rips through tower block

ELEVEN people were rushed to hospital after a huge blaze ripped through a block of flats.

Cops and emergency services scrambled to Bethnal Green, East London, just before midnight after thick smoke was seen around the building.

A major emergency response was launched in East London just before midnight yesterdayFirefighters and cops tackled a late night blaze

Dozens of residents were evacuated after the blaze at Bradbeer House on Cornwall Avenue.

A London Ambulance Service Spokesperson said: “We were called at 11.38pm yesterday (9 April) to reports of a fire in Cornwall Avenue, Bethnal Green.

“We sent a number of resources to the scene including ambulance crews, advanced paramedics and members of our Hazardous Area Response Team.

“We treated 17 patients in total. We took 11 patients to hospital and six patients were cared for and discharged at the scene.”