Eight fire engines and around 60 firefighters responded to a fire on Wanstead Flats.
Around three hectares of grassland was alight, with crews tackling multiple pockets of fire. One of the Brigade's Wildfire Response Vehicles was sent to the scene to support firefighting operations. Firefighters also made use of a drone to monitor the size of the fire.
Local residents were advised to keep doors and windows closed, and avoid the area where possible, as crews responded. Firefighters will remain on scene to the evening, carrying out further operations.
The Brigade's Control Room has taken over 30 calls reporting the fire, and crews from Leytonstone, Stratford, Leyton and surrounding fire stations have been mobilised to the scene. Firefighters were able to contain the fire by 1958.