The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is launching its own investigation into the fire that engulfed a seven-storey building in Dagenham.

Inspectors from the HSE’s building safety division – which operates as the Building Safety Regulator- along with officials from its separate investigations unit, visited the Spectrum House site, in Freshwater Road, yesterday. The building, a high-rise block of flats that was undergoing cladding remediation to replace high-pressure laminate panels, on Monday became engulfed in flames and was attended by around 225 firefighters.