Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters attended a fire at a landfill site on Launders Lane in Rainham.
Two areas of rubbish was alight.
The Brigade was called at 2358 and Control Officers mobilised crews from Wennington, Hornchurch and Dagenham fire stations to the scene. A 32-metre turntable ladder was also deployed as a water tower to help extinguish the hotspots from above. The Brigade left the scene shortly after 0200.